First-principles quantum transport with electron-vibration interactions: A maximally localized Wannier functions approach

We present a first-principles approach for inelastic quantum transport calculations based on maximally localized Wannier functions. Electronic-structure properties are obtained from density-functional theory in a plane-wave basis, and electron-vibration coupling strengths and vibrational properties...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kim, Sejoong, Marzari, Nicola
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Physical Society 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/88698