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Modelamento do transporte eletrônico em dispositivos moleculares
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2013-08-29) GRANHEN, Ewerton Ramos; DEL NERO, Jordan; http://lattes.cnpq.br/5168545718455899
In the present work we simulate the transport properties and absorption spectra of the organic compound ethyl red. This is the first theoretical study of a specific pH indicator utilized as nano-device, based on quantum theory and a non-diffusive transport model. The charge distribution along the molecule is calculated via Ab initio technique as a function of an external electric field. Based on a resonant multilevel model we also calculate the current against bias voltage. Both the charge accumulation and the current present similar behavior, like resonant type conduction and asymmetric charge–voltage and current–voltage curves. Our main results suggest that the present system could operate as a bidirectional molecular transistor. We spread this methodology to another molecular device however, with three-terminal. For this system, our main finding is a negative differential resistance (NDR) in the charge Q as a function of an external electric field. To explain this NDR effect we apply a phenomenological capacitive model based on a quite general system composed of many localized levels (that can be LUMOs of a molecule). The capacitance accounts for charging effects that can result in Coulomb blockade (CB) in the transport. We show that this CB effect gives rise to a NDR for a suitable set of phenomenological parameters, like tunneling rates and charging energies. The NDR profile obtained in both Ab initio and phenomenological methodologies are in close agreement.
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Simulação de transporte eletrônico em dispositivos unimoleculares baseados em indicadores de pH
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2009-02-03) GRANHEN, Ewerton Ramos; DEL NERO, Jordan; http://lattes.cnpq.br/5168545718455899
In recent decades, several researchers have tried employ molecules in electronic devices of nanoscale. For this reason, different electro / optical parameters, governing the electronic transport in organic molecules, need to be analyzed. In this work was developed a charge transport study to the composed propyl red, popularly used as pH indicator. The motivation to study it results from its structure formed of donor-acceptor subunits, coupled via azo group (N = N), a well known feature in molecular rectifiers. The methodology used to treat the system in equilibrium is based on Molecular Mechanics and Hartree-Fock methods. However, another method, based on the Landauer-Büttiker formalism, to non-equilibrium system was employed. Through these methods, the feature curves of molecular system were drawn and compared. The result of comparison lowed explain the phenomena that govern the electronic transport in nanostructure. Besides that, was analyzed the effects of metal contacts, connected on molecules in presence of external electric field.