SPP 1243: Quantum Transport at the Molecular Scale

一旦我们到达半导体路线图的末端，分子电子学被认为是接替硅基技术的关键候选人。在纳米级非线性电路中使用有机分子为新型器件提供了许多机会，这些器件将在制造、功能和结构上有所不同。但即使是电流如何流过单个分子的基本问题，也没有得到令人满意的理解。该优先计划的共同目标是通过结合不同的理论方法和实验技术，加强该领域的强制性基础研究活动，并发展分子尺度电荷输运的完整物理图景。

Molecular Electronics is recognised as a key candidate to succeed the silicon based technology once we have arrived at the end of the semiconductor roadmap. The use of organic molecules in nanoscale nonlinear circuits offers many opportunities for new types of devices, which will differ in fabrication, functionality, and architecture. But even the fundamental question how electrical current flows across a single molecule is not satisfactorily understood. The common goal of this Priority Programme is to strengthen the obligatory fundamental research activity in the field by combining different theoretical approaches, experimental techniques and to develop a full physical picture of molecular-scale charge transport.