Transport Properties of Molecular Junctions

• Main Author: Zimbovskaya, Natalya A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, 254
• Subjects: Electronics.; Nanotechnology.; Materials Science.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Applied and Technical Physics.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8011-2
• Physical Description: XIII, 338 p. 104 illus., 95 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9781461480112
• ISSN: 0081-3869

A comprehensive overview of the physical mechanisms that control electron transport and the characteristics of metal-molecule-metal (MMM) junctions is presented. As far as possible, methods and formalisms presented elsewhere to analyze electron transport through molecules are avoided. This title introduces basic conceptsa description of the electron transport through molecular junctionsand briefly describes relevant experimental methods. Theoretical methods commonly used to analyze the electron transport through molecules are presented. Various effects that manifest in the electron transport through MMMs, as well as the basics of density-functional theory and its applications to electronic structure calculations in molecules are presented. Nanoelectronic applications of molecular junctions and similar systems are discussed as well. Molecular electronics is a diverse and rapidly growing field. Transport Properties of Molecular Junctions presents an up-to-date survey of the field suitable for researchers and professionals.