Events in Physics
Thursday, November 21, 2019
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Theory Seminar: Sara Sangtarash, Quantum Interference in Molecular ElectronicsPS1.28If design principles for controlling quantum interference in single molecules could be elucidated and verified, then this will lay the foundations for exploiting such effects in nanoscale devices and thin-film materials. In this talk I will discuss that a simple, parameter-free, analytic theory of interference patterns evaluated at the mid-point of the HOMO–LUMO gap (referred to as M-functions) correctly predicts conductance ratios of molecules with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons hearts. M-functions also provide new design strategies for identifying molecules with phase-coherent logic functions and efficient molecular thermoelectric devices. |