Conduction of molecular electronic devices: Qualitative insights through atom-atom polarizabilities
- ALGC, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussel (Belgium)
- Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7HF (United Kingdom)
The atom-atom polarizability and the transmission probability at the Fermi level, as obtained through the source-and-sink-potential method for every possible configuration of contacts simultaneously, are compared for polycyclic aromatic compounds. This comparison leads to the conjecture that a positive atom-atom polarizability is a necessary condition for transmission to take place in alternant hydrocarbons without non-bonding orbitals and that the relative transmission probability for different configurations of the contacts can be predicted by analyzing the corresponding atom-atom polarizability. A theoretical link between the two considered properties is derived, leading to a mathematical explanation for the observed trends for transmission based on the atom-atom polarizability.
- OSTI ID:
- 22416201
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 142, Issue 9; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-9606
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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