Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2008-09-03
AIP Conf. Proc. Vol. 1018 (AIP, Melville, NY, 2008), pp. 201-204
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
4 pages, 2 figures, in proceedings of Frontiers of Fundamental and Computational Physics
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.2947683
Recent experiments showed that the conductance of Pt nanocontacts and nanowires is measurably reduced by adsorption of CO. We present DFT calculations of the electronic structure and ballistic conductance of a Pt monoatomic chain and a CO molecule adsorbed in an on-top position. We find that the main electronic molecule-chain interaction occurs via the $5\sigma$ and $2\pi^{\star}$ orbitals of the molecule, involved in a donation/back-donation process similar to that of CO on transition-metal surfaces. The ideal ballistic conductance of the monoatomic chain undergoes a moderate reduction by about 1.0 G_0 (from 4 G_0 to 3.1 G_0) upon adsorption of CO. By repeating all calculations with and without spin-orbit coupling, no substantial spin-orbit induced change emerges either in the chain-molecule interaction mechanism or in the conductance.
Corso Andrea Dal
Sclauzero Gabriele
Smogunov Alexander
Tosatti Erio
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