Exploring the write-in process in molecular quantum cellular automata: A combined modelingand first-principle approach
Santana-Bonilla A, Sandonas LM, Gutierrez R, Cuniberti G (2019)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2019
Journal
Book Volume: 31
Article Number: 405502
Journal Issue: 40
Abstract
The molecular quantum cellular automata paradigm (m-QCA) offers a promising alternative framework to current CMOS implementations. A crucial aspect for implementing this technology concerns the construction of a device which effectively controls intramolecular charge-transfer processes. Tentative experimental implementations have been developed in which a voltage drop is created generating the forces that drive a molecule into a logic state. However, important factors such as the electric field profile, its possible time-dependency and the influence of temperature in the overall success of charge-transfer are relevant issues to be considered in the design of a reliable device. In this work, we theoretically study the role played by these processes in the overall intramolecular charge-transfer process. We have used a Landau-Zener (LZ) model, where different time-dependent electric field profiles have been simulated. The results have been further corroborated employing density functional tight-binding method. The role played by the nuclear motions in the electron-transfer process has been investigated beyond the Born-Oppenheimer approximation by computing the effect of the external electric field in the behavior of the potential energy surface. Hence, we demonstrate that the intramolecular charge-transfer process is a direct consequence of the coherent LZ nonadiabatic tunneling and the hybridization of the diabatic vibronic states which effectively reduces the trapping of the itinerant electron at the donor group.
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APA:
Santana-Bonilla, A., Sandonas, L.M., Gutierrez, R., & Cuniberti, G. (2019). Exploring the write-in process in molecular quantum cellular automata: A combined modelingand first-principle approach. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 31(40). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648X/ab29c1
MLA:
Santana-Bonilla, Alejandro, et al. "Exploring the write-in process in molecular quantum cellular automata: A combined modelingand first-principle approach." Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 31.40 (2019).
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