Journal article
First-principles study of electron transport through monatomic Al and Na wires
RIKEN1
Theoretical Nanoelectronics Group, Theory Section, Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark2
Theory Section, Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark3
Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark4
The University of Tokyo5
We present first-principles calculations of electron transport, in particular, the conduction channels of monatomic Al and Na atom wires bridged between metallic jellium electrodes. The electronic structures are calculated by the first-principles recursion-transfer matrix method, and the conduction channels are investigated using the eigenchannel decomposition (ECD) of the conductance, the local density of states (LDOS), and the current density.
The ECD is different from the conventional decomposition of atomic orbitals, and the study of decomposed electronic structures is shown to be effective in clarifying the details of transport through atomic wires. We show channel transmissions, channel resolved LDOS, and channel resolved current density, and elucidate the number of conduction channels, the relation between atomic orbitals and the channels, and their dependency on the geometry of the atomic wire.
We demonstrate that stretching of the bent wire can explain the mechanism of the increase of conductance of Al during the elongation of the contacts. The behavior of our calculated conductance and channel transmissions during the stretching process is in good agreement with the experimental data.
Language: | English |
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Year: | 2000 |
Pages: | 8430-8437 |
ISSN: | 10953795 , 1550235x and 01631829 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevB.62.8430 |
ORCIDs: | Brandbyge, Mads |