Soft nanosystems are electronic nanodevices, such as suspended carbon nanotubes or molecular junctions, whose transport properties are modulated by soft internal degrees of freedom, for example slow vibrational modes. Effects of the electron-vibration coupling on the charge and heat transport of soft nanoscopic systems are theoretically investigated in the presence of time-dependent perturbations, such as a forcing antenna or pumping terms between the leads and the nanosystem. A well-established approach valid for non-equilibrium adiabatic regimes is generalized to the case where external time-dependent perturbations are present. Then, a number of relevant applications of the method are reviewed for systems composed by a quantum dot (or molecule) described by a single electronic level coupled to a vibrational mode.

Charge and heat transport in soft nanosystems in the presence of time-dependent perturbations / Nocera, Alberto; Perroni, CARMINE ANTONIO; Ramaglia, Vincenzo Marigliano; Cataudella, Vittorio. - In: BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY. - ISSN 2190-4286. - 7:(2016), pp. 439-464. [10.3762/bjnano.7.39]

Charge and heat transport in soft nanosystems in the presence of time-dependent perturbations

PERRONI, CARMINE ANTONIO;CATAUDELLA, VITTORIO
2016

Abstract

Soft nanosystems are electronic nanodevices, such as suspended carbon nanotubes or molecular junctions, whose transport properties are modulated by soft internal degrees of freedom, for example slow vibrational modes. Effects of the electron-vibration coupling on the charge and heat transport of soft nanoscopic systems are theoretically investigated in the presence of time-dependent perturbations, such as a forcing antenna or pumping terms between the leads and the nanosystem. A well-established approach valid for non-equilibrium adiabatic regimes is generalized to the case where external time-dependent perturbations are present. Then, a number of relevant applications of the method are reviewed for systems composed by a quantum dot (or molecule) described by a single electronic level coupled to a vibrational mode.
2016
Charge and heat transport in soft nanosystems in the presence of time-dependent perturbations / Nocera, Alberto; Perroni, CARMINE ANTONIO; Ramaglia, Vincenzo Marigliano; Cataudella, Vittorio. - In: BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY. - ISSN 2190-4286. - 7:(2016), pp. 439-464. [10.3762/bjnano.7.39]
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