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DFT study of a quantum dot side-coupled to a quantum wire

Grant number: 17/26215-4
Support Opportunities:Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
Start date: March 01, 2018
End date: December 31, 2019
Field of knowledge:Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Condensed Matter Physics
Principal Investigator:Luiz Nunes de Oliveira
Grantee:Ana Luiza Rodrigues Ferreira Ferrari
Host Institution: Instituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

We will study electrical conduction through an elementary nanostructured device: a quantum dot side-coupled to a quantum wire. In our model, the dot charge interacts with the charge in the Wannier orbital of the wire closest to the dot. We will rely on Density-Functional Theory (DFT) to diagonalize the model Hamiltonian and to compute the electronic density at the Wannier site. From that, we will obtain the device's conductance as a function of the gate potential applied to the quantum dot to control its occupation. Results will be compared with (I) experimental data and (II) published theoretical results of NRG studies of the device. (AU)

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Scientific publications
(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)
FERRARI, ANA LUIZA; DE OLIVEIRA, LUIZ NUNES. Real-space numerical renormalization group computation of transport properties in side-coupled geometry. PHYSICAL REVIEW B, v. 106, n. 7, p. 34-pg., . (17/26215-4)