Theoretical calculation of electron transport properties of atomic chains of (GaAs)n (n=1-4)

Liu Fu-Ti; Zhang Shu-Hua; Cheng Yan; Chen Xiang-Rong; Cheng Xiao-Hong

doi:10.7498/aps.65.106201

Abstract

Electron transport properties of the (GaAs)n(n=1-4) linear atomic chains, which are sandwiched between two infinite Au(100)-33 leads, are investigated with a combination of density functional theory and non-equilibrium Greens function method from first principle. We simulate the Au-(GaAs)n-Au nanoscale junctions breaking process, optimize the geometric structures of four kinds of junctions, calculate the cohesion energies and equilibrium conductances of junctions at different distances. The calculation results show that there is a stable structure for each nanoscale junction. The average bond-lengths of Ga-As in each chain at equilibrium positions for stable structure are 0.220 nm, 0.224 nm, 0.223 nm, 0.223 nm, respectively. The corresponding equilibrium conductances are 2.328G0, 1.167G0, 0.639G0, and 1.237G0, respectively. It means that each of all the junctions has a good conductivity. We calculate the transmission spectra of the all the chains. With the increase of atomic number in the (GaAs)n (n=1-4) chains, there appears no oscillation phenomenon for the equilibrium conductance. We calculate the projected densities of states of all nanoscale junctions at equilibrium positions, and the results show that electronic transport channel is mainly contributed by the px and py orbital electrons of Ga and As atoms. In the voltage range of 0-2 V, we calculate the current-voltage characteristics of junctions at equilibrium positions. With the increase of external bias, the current increases, and the I-V curves of junctions show linear characteristics for the (GaAs)n (n=1-3) atomic chains. However, there appears a negative differential resistance phenomenon in each of the voltage ranges of 0.6-0.7 V and 0.8-0.9 V for the (GaAs)4 linear atomic chain.

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Authors and contacts

1.
College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Yibin University, Yibin 644000, China;
2.
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yibin University, Yibin 644000, China;
3.
College of Physical Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China

Corresponding author: Liu Fu-Ti, futiliu@163.com;ycheng@scu.edu.cn ; Cheng Yan, futiliu@163.com;ycheng@scu.edu.cn ;

Funds: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11174214, 11204192), the Open Research Fund of Computational Physics Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Yibin University, China (Grant No. JSWL2015KF02), and the Scientific Research Key Project of Yibin University, China (Grant No. 2015QD03).

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[3]	Yanson A I, Rubio-Bollinger G, van der Brom H E, Agrait N, van Ruitenbeek J M 1998 Nature 395 783
[4]	Ferrer J, Martin-Rodero A, Flores F 1988 Phys. Rev. B 38 R10113
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[7]	Bahn S R, Jacobsen K W 2001 Phys. Rev. Lett. 87 266101
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[9]	Tongay S, Senger R T, Dag S, Ciraci S 2004 Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 136404
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[15]	Zhang D L, Xu Y L, Zhang J B, Miao X S 2012 Phys. Lett. A 376 3272
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[18]	Liu F T, Cheng Y, Yang F B, Chen X R 2014 Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. 66 30401
[19]	Kohn W, Sham L 1965 Phys. Rev. B 140 A1133
[20]	Datta S 1995 Electronic Transport in Mesoscopic Systems (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)
[21]	Reed M A, Zhou C, Miller C J, Burgin T P, Tour J M 1997 Science 278 252
[22]	Huang B, Zhang J X, Li R, Shen Z Y, Hou S M, Zhao X Y, Xue Z Q, Wu Q D 2006 Acta Phys. Chim. Sin. 22 161 (in Chinese) [黄飙, 张家兴, 李锐, 申自勇, 侯士敏, 赵兴钰, 薛增泉, 吴全德 2006 物理化学学报 22 161]
[23]	Ke S H, Baranger H U, Yang W T 2005 J. Chem. Phys. 122 074704
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[25]	Bttiker M, Imry Y, Landauer R, Pinhas S 1985 Phys. Rev. B 31 6207
[26]	Troullier N, Martins J L 1991 Phys. Rev. B 43 1993
[27]	Rocha A R, Garcia-Suarez V M, Bailey S, Lambert C, Ferrer J, Sanvito S 2006 Phys. Rev. B 73 085414
[28]	Perdew J P 1986 Phys. Rev. B 33 8822
[29]	Lang N D, Avouris Ph 1998 Phys. Rev. Lett. 81 3515
[30]	Tsukamoto S, Hirose K 2002 Phys. Rev. B 66 161402

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