Charge transfer plasmon resonances across silver–molecule–silver junctions: estimating the terahertz conductance of molecules at near-infrared frequencies

• DOI: 10.1039/c6ra16826d
• Publication Date: 2016-07-19T09:38:22Z
• Authors: Lin Wu; Shu Fen Tan; Michel Bosman; Joel K. W. Yang; Christian A. Nijhuis; Ping Bai
• Keywords: Infrared devices; Plasmons; Self assembled monolayers; 0301 basic medicine; Silver; Theoretical modelling; Plasmonic resonators; Driving frequencies; Electromagnetic modeling; Molecules; 530; Natural frequencies; organic-inorganic materials; 03 medical and health sciences; Charge transfer; Space-charge limited; Tunnel junctions; Surface plasmon resonance; Organic-inorganic hybrid; Plasmonics; Parallel arrangement; Electric space charge; Molecular conductance

Quantum plasmon resonances have been recently observed across molecular tunnel junctions. The present work extends these studies theoretically using a generalized space-charge corrected electromagnetic model for wider range of molecules.