Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2012-03-21
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. B
Scientific paper
CO adsorption on a monatomic Au chain is studied within density functional theory in nanocontact geometries as a function of the contact stretching. We compare the bridge and atop adsorption sites of CO, finding that the bridge site is energetically favored at all strains studied here. Atop adsorption gives rise to an almost complete suppression of the ballistic conductance of the nanocontact, while adsorption at the bridge site results in a conductance value close to 0.6G0, in agreement with previous experimental data. We show that only the bridge site can qualitatively account for the evolution of the conductance as a function of the contact stretching observed in the experimental conductance traces. The numerical discrepancy between the theoretical and experimental conductance slopes is rationalized through a simple model for the elastic response of the metallic leads. We also verify that our conductance values are not affected by the specific choice of the nanocontact geometry by comparing two different atomistic models for the tips.
Corso Andrea Dal
Sclauzero Gabriele
Smogunov Alexander
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