scholarly journals Strain Investigation on Spin-Dependent Transport Properties of γ-Graphyne Nanoribbon Between Gold Electrodes

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun Li ◽  
Xiaobo Li ◽  
Shidong Zhang ◽  
Liemao Cao ◽  
Fangping Ouyang ◽  
...  

AbstractStrain engineering has become one of the effective methods to tune the electronic structures of materials, which can be introduced into the molecular junction to induce some unique physical effects. The various γ-graphyne nanoribbons (γ-GYNRs) embedded between gold (Au) electrodes with strain controlling have been designed, involving the calculation of the spin-dependent transport properties by employing the density functional theory. Our calculated results exhibit that the presence of strain has a great effect on transport properties of molecular junctions, which can obviously enhance the coupling between the γ-GYNR and Au electrodes. We find that the current flowing through the strained nanojunction is larger than that of the unstrained one. What is more, the length and strained shape of the γ-GYNR serves as the important factors which affect the transport properties of molecular junctions. Simultaneously, the phenomenon of spin-splitting occurs after introducing strain into nanojunction, implying that strain engineering may be a new means to regulate the electron spin. Our work can provide theoretical basis for designing of high performance graphyne-based devices in the future.

RSC Advances ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (104) ◽  
pp. 60376-60381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tong Chen ◽  
Lingling Wang ◽  
Xiaofei Li ◽  
Kaiwu Luo ◽  
Liang Xu ◽  
...  

By using the nonequilibrium Green's function formalism combined with the density-functional theory, we present a theoretical study of the spin-dependent electron transport of a chromium porphyrin-based molecule device.


2014 ◽  
Vol 668-669 ◽  
pp. 8-11
Author(s):  
Chun Mei Liu ◽  
Zhuan Li ◽  
Jun Ling Wang ◽  
Li Li Zhao ◽  
Yang Wang

Based on the non-equilibrium Green’s function in combination with the density-functional theory, The spin-dependent transport in the short graphene nanoribbon (graphene sheet) asymmetrically coupled to the electrodes of Au chains is investigated. It is found that a fully spin-polarized current (close to 100%) can be produced at the output port. The physics underlying attributes to the spatially separated edge states of the sheet caused by asymmetric contacts. Especially, the current's spin polarized direction can be tuned simply by changing the contact locations of the electrodes to the graphene sheet.


2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (37) ◽  
pp. 25319-25323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mavlanjan Rahman ◽  
Ke-chao Zhou ◽  
Qing-lin Xia ◽  
Yao-zhuang Nie ◽  
Guang-hua Guo

We investigate the electronic structures and electronic transport properties of zigzag phosphorene nanoribbons with oxygen-saturated edges (O-zPNRs) by using the spin-polarized density functional theory and the nonequilibrium Green's function method.


2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (08) ◽  
pp. 1450019 ◽  
Author(s):  
LILING CUI ◽  
BINGCHU YANG ◽  
XINMEI LI ◽  
JUN HE ◽  
MENGQIU LONG

Using nonequlilibrium Green's functions in combination with the density-functional theory, we investigate the spin transport properties of molecular junction based on metal ( Cu , Fe ) phthalocyanines between V-shaped zigzag-edged graphene nanorribons. The results show that the electronic transport properties mainly depend on the center transition metal. The negative differential resistance behaviors and spin splitting phenomenon can be observed.


2011 ◽  
Vol 391-392 ◽  
pp. 1128-1131
Author(s):  
You Lin Peng ◽  
Yan Hong Zhou ◽  
Li Li Zhou

We perform first-principles calculation of the transport properties of alumium-phosphorus dopped Si atomic nanowire coupled to two Al(100) nanoscale electrodes using the non-equilibrium Green formalism combined with the density-functional theory. In particular, the alumium-phosphorus dopped silicon wire with seven atoms sandwiched between the Al(100) electrodes is considered. It is found that the transport properties are sensitive to the dopping position of the alumium and the phosphorus on the silicon wire. The equilibrium conductance of the pure silicon wire is rather big, close to 3 G0, Three eigenchannels which contribute to the equilibrium conductance are fully open. All cases of the alumium-phosphorus dopping reduce the conductivity of the pure silicon wire. In particular, the conductance of the wire decreases to 0.7 G0 when a phosphorus substitutes the third silicon atom and a alumium substitutes the sixed silicon atom. The current-voltage(I-V) curves of these cases vary dramatically. The current across the wire with a phosphorus substitutes the third silicon atom and a alumium substitutes the sixed silicon atom is rather smaller than the that across the pure silicon. A detailed analysis of the transmission coefficient of the eigenchannels, the projected density of states are made to reveal the mechanism of the differences.


2012 ◽  
Vol 170-173 ◽  
pp. 3312-3315
Author(s):  
Dong Chen ◽  
Chao Xu

The anti-cotunnite magnesium silicide was constructed, and its absorption coefficient, dielectric function and loss function have been investigated through the plane-wave pseudo- potential calculations based on the density functional theory. In our scheme, we consider the Mg2Si crystal without defects or cracks. Significant features have been observed for the optical properties in the low-energy region and the high-energy region. The main focus of this paper is to determine the high-pressure optical properties of Mg2Si and find out if this material can be used as high-performance thermoelectric devices.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (46) ◽  
pp. 10017-10030 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guiling Zhang ◽  
Sun Peng ◽  
Yan Shang ◽  
Zhao-Di Yang ◽  
Xiao Cheng Zeng

Electronic and transport properties of novel ferrocene based carbon nanotube (CNT) and boron-nitride nanotube (BNNT) nanopeapods, including Fe(Cp)2@CNT, Fe2(Cp)3@CNT, Fe(Cp)2@BNNT, and Fe2(Cp)3@BNNT (where Cp refers as cyclopentadiene), are investigated using the density functional theory and non-equilibrium Green's function methods.


2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (16) ◽  
pp. 4039-4049 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiu Yan Liang ◽  
Guiling Zhang ◽  
Peng Sun ◽  
Yan Shang ◽  
Zhao-Di Yang ◽  
...  

The electronic structures and transport properties of prototype carbon nanotube (CNT) (10,10) and boron–nitride nanotube (BNNT) (10,10) nanocables, including (VBz)n@CNT and (VBz)n@BNNT (where Bz = C6H6), are investigated using the density functional theory (DFT) and the non-equilibrium Green's function (NEGF) methods.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Merlys Borges-Martínez ◽  
Nicolás Montenegro-Pohlhammer ◽  
Gloria Cardenas-Jiron

In the present work, we performed a theoretical study at the density functional theory (DFT) level of both the optical and the charge transport properties in a series of molecular...


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