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    First principles study of the I-V characteristics of the alkane-thiols nano-molecular wires

    , Article Current Applied Physics ; Volume 9, Issue 2 , 2009 , Pages 367-373 ; 15671739 (ISSN) Aghaie, H ; Gholami, M. R ; Darvish Ganji, M ; Taghavi, M. M ; Sharif University of Technology
    2009
    Abstract
    We report a density functional non-equilibrium Green's function study of electrical transport in a single molecular conductor consisting of an ethane-dithiolate (C2H4S2) molecular wire with two sulfur end groups bonded to the Au(1 1 1) electrodes. We show that the current was increased by increasing the external voltage biases. The projected density of states (PDOS) and transmission coefficients T(E) under various external voltage biases are analyzed, and it suggests that the variation of the coupling between the molecule and the electrodes with external bias leads to the increase of the current. Furthermore, the investigation of the transport properties of the pentane-dithiolate (C5H10S2)...