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MolCToy
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Usage Stats Overall Period: Updated 28 Aug, 2008 Users: 894 Jobs: 9760 Avg. exec. time: 3 secs Reviews & Citations Google/IEEE: updated 24 Mar, 2008 Avg. Review: Citations: 5
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Supporting Documents
| Version | 1 - published on 08 Jun, 2005 |
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| Contributor(s) | Magnus Paulsson, Ferdows Zahid, Supriyo Datta, Michael McLennan Purdue University, West Lafayette |
| At a glance | A collection of simple theoretical models of the conduction through individual molecules between two contacts. |
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| Description | Molecular Conduction (Toy) computes current-voltage (I-V) characteristics and conductance spectrum (G-V) of a molecule sandwiched between two metallic contacts one of which could be a scanning probe. This tool similar to Huckel-IV, but with a simplified, toy model. It reproduces much of the same physics, but with non-physical inputs. In particular, you specify the energy levels of a hypothetical molecule, the coupling between the molecule and the contacts, and an estimate of the single-electron charging energy for the molecule. Huckel-IV, on the other hand, takes the arrangement of atoms in a molecule and computes the other quantities directly from that. |
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Citations
The following are publications that have cited this resource, separated by their affiliation to the NCN.
Non-affiliated authors
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Boudjella, A.; Gougam, A.B.; Alizadeh, H. (2007), "Electron Transport in Molecular Wires," Microprocessors and Nanotechnology, 2007 Digest of Papers: pg. 108-109, 11. 978-4-9902472-4-9. (DOI: 10.1109/IMNC.2007.4456128).
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Cosby, R.M. (2006), "Strengthening Nanoscience Education through Multidisciplinary Collaborations," Materials Research Society, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 931.
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Cosby, R.M.; Joe, Y. (2004), "Undergraduate instruction in nanoscience and nanotechnology," American Physical Society, March Meeting 2004, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 03.
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Cosby, R.M.; Joe, Y. (2003), "Teaching an introductory course in nanoscience and nanotechnology," American Physical Society, Fall Meeting of the Ohio Section, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio, 10.
Affiliated authors
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Paulsson, M.; Zahid, F.; Datta, S. (2002), "Resistance of a Molecule," Handbook of Nanoscience, Engineering and Technology.
Boudjella, A.; Gougam, A.B.; Alizadeh, H. (2007), "Electron Transport in Molecular Wires," Microprocessors and Nanotechnology, 2007 Digest of Papers: pg. 108-109, 11. 978-4-9902472-4-9. (DOI: 10.1109/IMNC.2007.4456128).
Cosby, R.M. (2006), "Strengthening Nanoscience Education through Multidisciplinary Collaborations," Materials Research Society, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 931.
Cosby, R.M.; Joe, Y. (2004), "Undergraduate instruction in nanoscience and nanotechnology," American Physical Society, March Meeting 2004, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 03.
Cosby, R.M.; Joe, Y. (2003), "Teaching an introductory course in nanoscience and nanotechnology," American Physical Society, Fall Meeting of the Ohio Section, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio, 10.
Affiliated authors
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Paulsson, M.; Zahid, F.; Datta, S. (2002), "Resistance of a Molecule," Handbook of Nanoscience, Engineering and Technology.
Reviews
The following are reviews of this resource from other site members.
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Posted on 13 December, 2006 by Surya Shashank R. Birudavolu
there is still room for improvement for graphical data
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Posted on 26 September, 2006 by Anonymous
The overall simulations of MolCToy are good except for the graphical data. Different colors should be used to identify the different parameters being plotted.
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Posted on 26 September, 2006 by Erik Manley
This tool gives you a better understanding of how molecular conduction works and the graphs help you visualize how changes in different variables effect the I/V characteristics.
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Posted on 21 September, 2006 by Anonymous
Very user friendly, worth a try.
suggestions
1. make each plot of a simulation a different color.
2. More explanation of what the graphs mean.
Molecular Electronics UTEP Team F06
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