Oxygen-mediated electron transport through hybrid silicon-organic interfaces

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作者
Bonferroni, Benedetta [1 ,3 ]
Ferretti, Andrea [1 ,3 ]
Calzolari, Arrigo [3 ]
Ruini, Alice [1 ,3 ]
Caldas, Marilia J. [2 ]
Molinari, Elisa [1 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Modena & Reggio Emilia, Dipartimento Fis, I-41100 Modena, Italy
[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Fis, BR-00550890 Sao Paulo, Brazil
[3] INFM CNR S3 Natl Ctr NanoStruct & BioSyst Surface, I-41100 Modena, Italy
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10.1088/0957-4484/19/28/285201
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TB3 [工程材料学];
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0805 ; 080502 ;
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We investigate from first principles the electronic and transport properties of hybrid organic/silicon interfaces of relevance to molecular electronics. We focus on conjugated molecules bonded to hydrogenated Si through hydroxyl or thiol groups. The electronic structure of the systems is addressed within density functional theory, and the electron transport across the interface is directly evaluated within the Landauer approach. The microscopic effects of molecule-substrate bonding on the transport efficiency are explicitly analyzed, and the oxygen-bonded interface is identified as a candidate system when preferential hole transfer is needed.
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