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Computational approaches for electronic transport in molecular devices
Authors
R. Car, R. Gebauer
Pages
107 - 133
DOI
10.3254/978-1-61499-007-9-107
Series
Proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi"
Ebook
Volume 151: Quantum Phenomena in Mesoscopic Systems
Abstract

1. Introduction

2. Landauer formalism

3. Master equation for the electronic density matrix

4. Effective single-particle approximation

5. Application to a 1D tunneling system: the current continuity problem

6. Master equation and charge continuity

7. 1D tunneling revisited, conclusions