Description
Book SynopsisConsisting of ten chapters written by some of the world’s leaders in the field, this book combines experimental, theoretical and numerical studies of current-driven phenomena in the nanoscale. The topics covered range from single-molecule, site-specific nanochemistry induced by a scanning tunneling microscope, through inelastic tunneling spectroscopy and current-induced heating, to current-triggered molecular machines. The various chapters focus on experimental and numerical method development, the description of specific systems, and new ideas and novel phenomena.
Trade ReviewTamar Seideman has been a pioneer in the area of quantum transport and current-driven dynamics for over a decade. Her imaginative concepts and fundamental theoretical developments have stimulated several beautiful laboratory experiments. This book is highly recommended for anyone interested in nanoelectronics.—Prof. Joern Manz, Free University Berlin, Germany
The editor of the volume has a distinguished research record in the field and has brought together experts from North America, Europe and Japan to produce an informative collection of experimental and theoretical studies of current driven phenomena in molecular nano-junctions. ... readers of this book will profit from the expertise of the contributors and thence will be stimulated to add further to this fascinating field.—K. Alan Shore, Bangor University, in Contemporary Physics, August 2011
Table of ContentsTheory of Nonequilibrium Electron-Phonon Scattering in Nanoelectronics (H Guo); The Electronic Structure of Metal–Molecule Interfaces (H Petek); Inelastic Tunneling Current-Driven Motions of Single Adsorbates (Ueba); Current-Driven Desorption at the Organic Molecule–Semiconductor Interface: Cyclopentene on Si(100) (Hersam); Current-Induced Local Heating in Molecular Junctions (N Tao); DFT-NEGF Approach to Current-Induced Forces, Vibrational Signals, and Heating in Nanoconductors (M Brandbyge); Current-Induced Heating and Heat Dissipation Mechanisms in Single C60 (Pascual); Light-Induced Switching of Conductance in Molecular Systems (B Feringa); Electronic Control of Single-Molecule Nanomachines (Dujardine).
