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2023

J. Bätge, Y. Wang, A. Levy, W. Dou, and M. Thoss
Periodically driven open quantum systems with vibronic interaction: Resonance effects and vibrationally mediated decoupling
Phys. Rev. B 108, 195412 (2023), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.108.195412


M. Castellano, C. Kaspar, M. Thoss, and T. Koslowski
Protein charge transfer far from equilibrium: a theoretical perspective
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 25, 30887 (2023), DOI: 10.1039/D3CP03847E


A. Erpenbeck, Y. Ke, U. Peskin, and M. Thoss
How an electrical current can stabilize a molecular nanojunction
Nanoscale 15, 16333 (2023), DOI: 10.1039/D3NR02176A


C. Li, C. Kaspar, P. Zhou, J.-C. Liu, O. Chahib, T. Glatzel, R. Häner, U. Aschauer, S. Decurtins, S.-X. Liu, M. Thoss, E. Meyer, and R. Pawlak
Strong signature of electron-vibration coupling in molecules on Ag(111) triggered by tip-gated discharging
Nat. Commun. 14, 5956 (2023), DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41601-2


B. Hou, M. Thoss, U. Banin, and E. Rabani
Incoherent nonadiabatic to coherent adiabatic transition of electron transfer in colloidal quantum dot molecules
Nat. Commun. 14, 3073 (2023), DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38470-0

Y. Ke, J. Dvořák, M. Čížek, R. Borrelli, and M. Thoss
Current-induced bond rupture in single-molecule junctions: Effects of multiple electronic states and vibrational modes
J. Chem. Phys. 159, 024703 (2023), DOI: 10.1063/5.0155290


S. L. Rudge, Y. Ke, and M. Thoss
Current-induced forces in nanosystems: A hierarchical equations of motion approach
Phys. Rev. B 107, 115416 (2023), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.107.115416

S. Wenderoth, H.-P. Breuer, and M. Thoss
Quantifying the influence of the initial state on the dynamics of an open quantum system
Phys. Rev. A 107, 022211 (2023), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.107.022211

 


2022

R. Smorka, P. Baláž, M. Thoss, and M. Žonda
Nonequilibrium dynamics in a spin valve with noncollinear magnetization
Phys. Rev. B 106, 144435 (2022), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.106.144435


Y. Ke, C. Kaspar, A. Eprenbeck, U. Peskin, and M. Thoss
Nonequilibrium reaction rate theory:
Formulation and implementation within the hierarchical equations of motion approach
J. Chem. Phys. 157, 034103 (2022) DOI: 10.1063/5.0098545


C. Kaspar, A. Erpenbeck, J. Bätge, C. Schinabeck, and M. Thoss
Nonadiabatic vibronic effects in single-molecule junctions:
A theoretical study using the hierarchical equations of motion approach
Phys. Rev. B 105, 195435 (2022) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.105.195435


I. Papadopoulos, S. R. Reddy, P. B. Coto, D. Lehnherr, D. Thiel, M. Thoss, R. R. Tykwinski, and D. R. Guldi
Parallel versus Twisted Pentacenes: Conformational Impact on Singlet Fission
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 13, 5094 (2022) DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c01395


J. Bätge, A. Levy, W. Dou, and M. Thoss
Nonadiabatically driven open quantum systems under out-of-equilibrium conditions:
Effect of electron-phonon interaction
Phys. Rev. B 106, 075319 (2022) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.106.075419


J. Okamoto, and S. Mirmohammadi
Photoinduced intradomain dynamics and nonthermal switching of metastable states in the one-dimensional extended Peierls-Hubbard model
Phys. Rev. B 105, 094302 (2022) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.105.094302


F. Evers,  A. Aharony, N. Bar-Gill, O. Entin-Wohlman, P. Hedegård, O. Hod, P. Jelinek,
G. Kamieniarz, M. Lemeshko, K. Michaeli, V. Mujica, R. Naaman, Y. Paltiel, S. Refaely-Abramson
O. Tal, J. Thijssen, M. Thoss, J. M. van Ruitenbeek, L. Venkataraman, D. H. Waldeck, B. Yan, L. Kronik
Theory of Chirality Induced Spin Selectivity: Progress and Challenges
Adv. Mater. 34, 2106629 (2022) DOI: 10.1002/adma.202106629


S. M. Walker, T. Patel, J. Okamoto, D. Langenberg, E. A. Bergeron, J. Gao, X. Luo, W. Lu, Y. Sun, A. W. Tsen, and J. Baugh
Oberservation and Manipulation of a Phase Separated State in a Charge Density Wave Material
Nano Lett. 22, 1929 (2022) DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c04514


Y. Ke, R. Borrelli, and M. Thoss
Hierarchical equations of motion approach to hybrid fermionic and bosonic environments:
Matrix product state formulation in twin space
J. Chem. Phys. 156, 194102 (2022) DOI: 10.1063/5.0088947


S. Stumper, M. Thoss, and J. Okamoto
Interaction-driven dynamical quantum phase transition in a strongly correlated bosonic system
Phys. Rev. Research 4, 013002 (2022) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.013002

 


2021

J. Okamoto and F. Peronaci
Floquet prethermalization and Rabi oscillations in optically excited Hubbard clusters
Sci. Rep. 11, 17994 (2021) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-97104-x


G. Homann, J. G. Cosme, J. Okamoto, L. Mathey
Higgs mode mediated enhancement of interlayer transport in high-Tc cuprate superconductors
Phys. Rev. B 103, 224503 (2021) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.103.224503


S. Wenderoth, H.-P. Breuer, and M. Thoss
Non-Markovian effects in the spin-boson model at zero temperature
Phys. Rev. A 104, 012213 (2021)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.104.012213


Y. Ke, A. Erpenbeck, U. Peskin, and M. Thoss
Unraveling current-induced dissociation mechanisms in single-molecule junctions
J. Chem. Phys. 154, 234702 (2021) DOI: 10.1063/5.0053828


J. Bätge, Y. Ke, C. Kaspar, and M. Thoss
Nonequilibrium open quantum systems with multiple bosonic and fermionic environments:
A hierarchical equations of motion approach
Phys. Rev. B 103, 235413 (2021) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.103.235413


C. Kaspar and M. Thoss
Efficient Steady-State Solver for the Hierarchical Equations of Motion Approach:
Formulation and Application to Charge Transport through Nanosystems
J. Phys. Chem. A 125, 5190 (2021) DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c02863


B. Zhu, V. P. Singh, J. Okamoto, and L. Mathey
Dynamical control of the conductivity of an atomic Josephson junction
Phys. Rev. Research 3, 013111 (2021) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.013111


N. Ng, S. Wenderoth, R.R. Seelam, E. Rabani, H.-D. Meyer, M. Thoss, and M. Kolodrubetz

Localization dynamcis in a cetrally coupled system
Phys. Rev. B 103, 134201 (2021) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.103.134201


D. Weckbecker, P.B. Coto, and M. Thoss

Molecular Transistors Controlled through Proton Transfer
J. Phys. Chem. Lett 12, 413 (2021) DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c03405

 


2020

A. Erpenbeck, Y. Ke, U. Peskin and M. Thoss
Current-induced dissociation in molecular junctions beyond the paradigm of vibrational heating: The role of antibonding electronic states
Phys. Rev. B 102, 195421 (2020) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.102.195421


T. Patel, J. Okamoto, T. Dekker, B. Yang, J. Gao, X. Luo, W. Lu, Y. Sun, and A. W. Tsen

Photocurrent Imaging of Multi-Memristive Charge Density Wave Switching in Two-Dimensional 1T-TaS2
Nano Lett.  20, 7200 (2020) DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c02537


W. Dou, J. Bätge, A. Levy and M. Thoss

Universal approach to quantum thermodynamics of strongly coupled systems under nonequlibrium conditions and external driving
Phys. Rev. B 101, 184304 (2020) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.101.184304


J. Okamoto, W.-M. Huang, K. Irwin, D. K Campbell

Effect of mediated interactions on a Hubbard chain in mixed-dimensional fermionic cold atoms
Phys. Rev. Research 2, 033054 (2020) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.033054


R. Smorka, M. Žonda and M. Thoss

Electronic transport through correlated electron systems with nonhomogeneous charge orderings
Phys. Rev. B 101, 155116 (2020) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.101.155116


S. Stumper and J. Okamoto

Macroscopic boundary effects in the one-dimensional extended Bose-Hubbard model
Phys. Rev. A 101, 063626 (2020) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.101.063626


R. Lin, P. Molignini, L. Papariello, M. C. Tsatsos, C. Lévêque, S. E. Weiner, E. Fasshauer, R. Chitra and A. U. J. Lode

MCTDH-X: The multiconfigurational time-dependent Hartree method for indistinguishable particles software
Quantum Sci. Technol. 5, 024004 (2020) DOI: 10.1088/2058-9565/ab788b

A. U. J. Lode, C. Lévêque, L. B. Madsen, A. I. Streltsov and O. E. Alon
Colloquium: Multiconfigurational time-dependent Hartree approaches for indistinguishable particles
Rev. Mod. Phys. 92, 011001 (2020) DOI: 10.1103/RevModPhys.92.011001

C. Schinabeck and M. Thoss
Hierarchical quantum master equation approach to current fluctuations in nonequilibrium charge transport through nanosystems
Phys. Rev. B 101, 075422 (2020) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.101.075422

T. C. Berkelbach and M. Thoss
Special topic on dynamics of open quantum systems
J. Chem. Phys. 152, 020401 (2020) DOI: 10.1063/1.5142731

V. Pokorný, M. Žonda, G. Loukeris and T. Novotný
Second Order Perturbation Theory for a Superconducting Double Quantum Dot
JPS Conf. Proc. 30, 011002 (2020) DOI: 10.7566/JPSCP.30.011002



2019

J. Okamoto
Time-dependent spectral properties of a photoexcited one-dimensional ionic Hubbard model: an exact diagonalization study
New. J. Phys. 21 123040 (2019) DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/ab5c54


R. Roy, C. Lévêque, A. U. J. Lode, A. Gammal and B. Chakrabarti

Fidelity and Entropy Production in Quench Dynamics of Interacting Bosons in an Optical Lattice
Quantum Reports 1 304-316 (2019) DOI: 10.3390/quantum1020028


S. Bera, B. Chakrabarti, A. Gammal, M. C. Tsatsos, M. L. Lekala, B. Chatterjee, C. Lévêque and A. U. J. Lode

Sorting Fermionization from Crystallization in Many-Boson Wavefunctions
Sci. Rep. 9 17873 (2019) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-53179-1

A. Erpenbeck and M. Thoss
Hierarchical quantum master equation approach to vibronic reaction dynamics at metal surfaces
J. Chem. Phys. 151, 191101 (2019) DOI: 10.1063/1.5128206

M. Žonda, J. Okamoto and M. Thoss
Gapless regime in the charge density wave phase of the finite dimensional Falicov-Kimball model
Phys. Rev. B 100, 075124 (2019) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.100.075124

S. Rajagopala Reddy, Pedro B. Coto and M. Thoss
Quantum dynamical simulation of intramolecular singlet fission in covalently coupled pentacene dimers
J. Chem. Phys. 151, 044307 (2019) DOI: 10.1063/1.5109897

A. Kadlecová, M. Žonda, V. Pokorný and T. Novotný
Practical guide to quantum phase transitions in quantum-dot-based tunable Josephson Junctions
Phys. Rev. Applied 11, 044094 (2019) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.11.044094

M. Žonda and M. Thoss
Nonequilibrium charge transport through Falicov-Kimball structures connected to metallic leads
Phys. Rev. B 99, 155157 (2019) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.99.155157

A. Levy, L. Kidon, J. Bätge, J. Okamoto, M. Thoss, D. T. Limmer, E. Rabani
Absence of Coulomb Blockade in the Anderson Impurity Model at the Symmetric Point
J. Phys. Chem. C 123, 13538 (2019) DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b04132

R. Casillas, M. Adam, P. B. Coto, A. R. Waterloo, J. Zirzlmeier, S. R. Reddy, F. Hampel, R. McDonald, R. R. Tykwinski, M. Thoss, D. M. Guldi
Intermolecular Singlet Fission in Unsymmetrical Derivatives of Pentacene in Solution
Adv. Energy Mater. 9, 1802221 (2019) DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201802221

A. Erpenbeck, L. Götzendörfer, C. Schinabeck, M. Thoss
Hierarchical quantum master equation approach to charge transport in molecular junctions with time-dependent molecule-lead coupling strengths
Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 227 1981 (2019) DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2018-800083-0



2018

J. Okamoto, L. Mathey, W.-M. Huang
Influence of electron-phonon coupling on the low-temperature phases of metallic single-wall carbon nanotubes
Phys. Rev. B 98, 205122 (2018) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.98.205122

R. Härtle, C. Schinabeck, M. Kulkarni, D. Gelbwaser-Klimovsky, M. Thoss, and U. Peskin
Cooling by heating in nonequilibrium nanosystems
Phys. Rev. B 98, 081404(R) (2018) DOI: 10.1103/PHYSREVB.98.081404


S. R. Reddy, P. B. Coto, and M. Thoss
Intramolecular singlet fission: Insights from quantum dynamical simulations
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 9, 5979 (2018) DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b02674


L. Kidon, H. Wang, M. Thoss, and E. Rabani
On the memory kernel and the reduced system propagator
J. Chem. Phys. 149, 104105 (2018) DOI: 10.1063/1.5047446


S. R. Reddy, P. B. Coto, and M. Thoss
Theoretical study of intramolecular singlet fission in xanthene-bonded pentacene dimers
Chem. Phys., 0301 (2018) DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2018.07.027


A. Erpenbeck, C. Hertlein, C. Schinabeck, and M. Thoss
Extending the hierarchical quantum master equation approach to low temperatures and realistic band structures
J. Chem. Phys. 149, 064106 (2018) DOI: 10.1063/1.5041716


A. Erpenbeck, C. Schinabeck, U. Peskin, and M. Thoss
Current-induced bond rupture in single-molecule junctions
Phys. Rev. B 97, 235452 (2018) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.97.235452


Bettina S. Basel, Johannes Zirzlmeier, Constantin Hetzer, S. Rajagopala Reddy, Brian T. Phelan, Matthew D. Krzyaniak, Michel K. Volland, Pedro B. Coto, Ryan M. Young, Timothy Clark, Michael Thoss, Rik R. Tykwinski, Michael R. Wasielewski, Dirk M. Guldi
Evidence for Charge-Transfer Mediation in the Primary Events of Singlet Fission in a Weakly Coupled Pentacene Dimer
Chem 4, 1092 (2018) DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2018.04.006


C. Schinabeck, R. Härtle, M. Thoss
Hierarchical quantum master equation approach to electronic-vibrational coupling in nonequilibrium transport through nanosystems: Reservoir formulation and application to vibrational instabilities
Phys. Rev. B 97, 235429 (2018) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.97.235429


David Gelbwaser-Klimovsky, Alan Aspuru-Guzik, Michael Thoss, Uri Peskin
High-Voltage-Assisted Mechanical Stabilization of Single-Molecule Junctions
Nano Lett. 18, 4727 (2018) DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b01127


V. Prucker, M. Bockstedte, M. Thoss, and P. B. Coto
Dynamical simulation of electron transfer processes in self-assembled monolayers at metal surfaces using a density matrix approach
J. Chem. Phys. 148, 124705 (2018) DOI: 10.1063/1.5020238


H. Wang and M. Thoss
A multilayer multiconfiguration time-dependent Hartree study of the nonequilibrium Anderson impurity model at zero temperature
Chem. Phys. 509, 13 (2018) DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2018.03.021


M. Thoss and F. Evers
Perspective: Theory of quantum transport in molecular junctions
J. Chem. Phys. 148, 030901 (2018) DOI: 10.1063/1.5003306


S. Rajasekaran, J. Okamoto, L. Mathey, M. Fechner, V. Thampy, G. D. Gu, and A. Cavalleri
Probing optically silent superfluid stripes in cuprates
Science 359, 575 (2018) DOI: 10.1126/science.aan3438


J. Okamoto, W.-M. Huang, R. Höppner, and L. Mathey
Critical behavior of a chiral superfluid in a bipartite square lattice
New J. Phys. 20, 015012 (2018) DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/aa9fcb


Wenjie Dou, Christian Schinabeck, Michael Thoss, and Joseph E. Subotnik
A broadened classical master equation approach for treating electron-nuclear coupling in non-equilibrium transport
J. Chem. Phys. 148, 102317 (2018) DOI: 10.1063/1.4992784


 

2017

S. Leitherer, C. M. Jäger, A. Krause, M. Halik, T. Clark, and M. Thoss
Simulation of Charge Transport in Organic Semiconductors: A Time-Dependent Multiscale Method Based on Non-Equilibrium Green’s Functions
Phys. Rev. Mat. 1, 064601 (2017) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.1.064601


T. Schmaltz, B. Gothe, A. Krause, S. Leitherer, H. Steinrück, M. Thoss, T. Clark and M. Halik
Effect of Structure and Disorder on the Charge Transport in Defined Self-Assembled Monolayers of Organic Semiconductors
ACS Nano 11, 8747 (2017) DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b02394 


D. Weckbecker, P.B. Coto, and M. Thoss
Controlling the Conductance of a Graphene−Molecule Nanojunction by Proton Transfer
Nano Lett. 17, 3341 (2017) DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b04813 


H. Wang and M. Thoss
A multilayer multiconfiguration time-dependent Hartree simulation of the reaction-coordinate spin-boson model employing an interaction picture
J. Chem. Phys. 146, 124112 (2017) DOI: 10.1063/1.4978901 


S. Leitherer, P. B. Coto, K. Ullmann, H. B. Weber, and M. Thoss
Charge Transport in C60-based Single-Molecule Junctions with Graphene Electrodes
Nanoscale 9, 7217 (2017) DOI: 10.1039/C7NR00170C


B. Basel, J. Zirzlmeier, C. Hetzer, B. Phelan, M. Krzyaniak, R. Reddy, P.B. Coto, N. Horwitz, R. Young, F. White, F. Hampel, T. Clark, M. Thoss, R.R. Tykwinski, M. Wasielewski, and D.M. Guldi
Unified Model for Singlet Fission within a Non-conjugated Covalent Pentacene Dimer
Nature Communications 8, 15171 (2017) DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15171 


C. Hofmeister, P.B. Coto, and M. Thoss
Controlling the conductance of molecular junctions using proton transfer reactions: A theoretical model study
J. Chem. Phys. 146, 092317 (2017) DOI: 10.1063/1.4974512 


J. Richardson, P. Meyer, M.-O. Pleinert, and M. Thoss
An analysis of nonadiabatic ring-polymer molecular dynamics and its application to vibronic spectra
Chem. Phys. 482, 124 (2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2016.09.036 


 

2016

C. Schinabeck, A. Erpenbeck, R. Härtle, M. Thoss
Hierarchical quantum master equation approach to electronic-vibrational coupling in nonequilibrium transport through nanosystems
Phys. Rev. B 94, 201407(R) (2016) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.94.201407 


J. Zirzlmeier, R. Casillas, S. R. Reddy, P. B. Coto, D. Lehnherr, E. T. Chernick, I. Papadopoulos, M. Thoss, R. R. Tykwinski, D. M. Guldi
Solution-based intramolecular singlet fission in cross-conjugated pentacene dimers
Nanoscale 8, 10113 (2016) DOI: 10.1039/C6NR02493A 


A. Erpenbeck, R. Härtle, M. Bockstedte, M. Thoss
Vibrationally dependent electron-electron interactions in resonant electron transport through single-molecule junctions
Phys. Rev. B 93, 115421 (2016) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.93.115421 


H. Wang and M. Thoss
Employing an interaction picture to remove artificial correlations in multilayer multiconfiguration time-dependent Hartree simulations
J. Chem. Phys. 145, 164105 (2016) DOI: 10.1063/1.4965712 


H. Wang and M. Thoss
On the accuracy of the noninteracting electron approximation for vibrationally coupled electron transport
Chem. Phys. 481, 117 (2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2016.06.002 


 

2015

Konrad Ullmann, Pedro B. Coto, Susanne Leitherer, Agustin Molina-Ontoria, Nazario Martin, Michael Thoss, and Heiko B. Weber
Single-Molecule Junctions with Epitaxial Graphene Nanoelectrodes
Nano Lett. 15, 3512 (2015) DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b00877 


A. Erpenbeck, R. Härtle, M. Thoss 
Effect of nonadiabatic electronic-vibrational interactions on the transport properties of single-molecule junctions
Phys. Rev. B 91, 195418 (2015) doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.91.195418 


Johannes Zirzlmeier, Dan Lehnherr, Pedro B. Coto, Erin T. Chernick, Ruben Casillas, Bettina S. Basel, Michael Thoss, Rik R. Tykwinski, and Dirk M. Guldi 
Singlet fission in pentacene dimers 
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 112, 5325 (2015) www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1422436112 


Jingrui Li, Ivan Kondov, Haobin Wang and Michael Thoss 
Quantum dynamical simulation of photoinduced electron transfer processes in dye–semiconductor systems: Theory and application to coumarin 343 at TiO2
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 27, 134202 (2015) doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/27/13/134202 


Eli Y. Wilner, Haobin Wang, Michael Thoss, and Eran Rabani 
Sub-Ohmic to super-Ohmic crossover behavior in nonequilibrium quantum systems with electron-phonon interactions
Phys. Rev. B 92, 195143 (2015) doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.92.195143 


Pedro B. Coto, Sahar Sharifzadeh, Jeffrey B. Neaton, and Michael Thoss 
Low-Lying Electronic Excited States of Pentacene Oligomers: A Comparative Electronic Structure Study in the Context of Singlet Fission 
J. Chem. Theory Comput. 11, 147 (2015) doi: 10.1021/ct500510k 


Jeremy O. Richardson, Rainer Bauer and Michael Thoss
Semiclassical Green’s functions and an instanton formulation of electron-transfer rates in the nonadiabatic limit 
J. Chem. Phys. 143, 134115 (2015) doi: 10.1063/1.4932361 


Rainer Härtle and Michael Thoss
Vibronic effects in electron transport through single-molecule junctions
in "Molecular electronics: An experimental and theoretical approach" edited by Ioan Baldea
(Pan Stanford, Singapore, 2015)


 

2014

Jeremy O. Richardson and Michael Thoss 
Non-oscillatory flux correlation functions for efficient nonadiabatic rate theory 
J. Chem. Phys. 141, 074106 (2014) doi: 10.1063/1.4892865 


C. Schinabeck, R. Härtle, H. B. Weber, and M. Thoss 
Current noise in single-molecule junctions induced by electronic-vibrational coupling
Phys. Rev. B 90, 075409 (2014) doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.90.075409 


Eli Y. Wilner, Haobin Wang, Michael Thoss, and Eran Rabani 
Phonon dynamics in correlated quantum systems driven away from equilibrium 
Phys. Rev. B 90, 115145 (2014) doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.90.115145 


Eli Y. Wilner, Haobin Wang, Michael Thoss and Eran Rabani 
Nonequilibrium quantum systems with electron-phonon interactions: Transient dynamics and approach to steady state 
Phys. Rev. B 89, 205129 (2014) doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.89.205129 


Susanne Leitherer, Christof M. Jäger, Marcus Halik, Tim Clark and Michael Thoss 
Modeling charge transport in C60-based self-assembled monolayers for applications in field-effect transistors
J. Chem. Phys. 140, 204702 (2014) doi: 10.1063/1.4876035 


Bin Li, Eli Y. Wilner, Michael Thoss, Eran Rabani and William H. Miller 
A quasi-classical mapping approach to vibrationally coupled electron transport in molecular junctions 
J. Chem. Phys. 140, 104110 (2014) doi: 10.1063/1.4867789 


Chriszandro Hofmeister, Rainer Härtle, Óscar Rubio-Pons, Pedro B. Coto, Andrzej L. Sobolewski and Michael Thoss 
Switching the conductance of a molecular junction using a proton transfer reaction 
Journal of Molecular Modeling 20, 2163 (2014) doi: 10.1007/s00894-014-2163-2 


 

2013

Veronika Prucker, Oscar Rubio-Pons, Michel Bockstedte, Haobin Wang, Pedro B. Coto and Michael Thoss
Dynamical Simulation of Electron Transfer Processes in Alkanethiolate Self-Assembled Monolayers at the Au(111) Surface 
J. Phys. Chem. C 117, 25334 (2013) doi: 10.1021/jp4091848 


R. Härtle, U. Peskin and M. Thoss, 
Vibrationally coupled electron transport in single-molecule junctions: The importance of electron–hole pair creation processes, 
Phys. Status Solidi B 250, 2365 (2013) doi: 10.1002/pssb.201349165 


Stefan Ballmann, Wolfgang Hieringer, Rainer Härtle, Pedro B. Coto, Martin R. Bryce, Andreas Görling, Michael Thoss and Heiko B. Weber
The role of vibrations in single-molecule charge transport: A case study of oligoynes with pyridine anchor groups
Phys. Status Solidi B 250, 2452 (2013) DOI: 10.1002/pssb.201350025 


Jeremy O. Richardson and Michael Thoss
Communication: Nonadiabatic ring-polymer molecular dynamics 
J. Chem. Phys. 139, 031102 (2013) doi: 10.1063/1.4816124 


Eli Y. Wilner, Haobin Wang, Guy Cohen, Michael Thoss, and Eran Rabani 
Bistability in a nonequilibrium quantum system with electron-phonon interactions 
Phys. Rev. B 88, 045137 (2013) doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.88.045137 


Ivan A. Pshenichnyuk, Pedro B. Coto, Susanne Leitherer and Michael Thoss
Charge Transport in Pentacene−Graphene Nanojunctions 
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 4, 809 (2013) doi: 10.1021/jz400025q 


R. Härtle, M. Butzin, and M. Thoss
Vibrationally induced decoherence in single-molecule junctions 
Phys. Rev. B 87, 085422 (2013) doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.085422 


Haobin Wang and Michael Thoss
Numerically exact, time-dependent study of correlated electron transport in model molecular junctions 
J. Chem. Phys. 138 , 134704 (2013) doi: 10.1063/1.4798404 


Haobin Wang and Michael Thoss
Multilayer Multiconfiguration Time-Dependent Hartree Study of 
Vibrationally Coupled Electron Transport Using the Scattering-State Representation 
J. Phys. Chem. A 117, (2013) doi: 10.1021/jp401464b 


 

2012

Jingrui Li, Haobin Wang, Petter Persson and Michael Thoss
Photoinduced electron transfer processes in dye-semiconductor systems with different spacer groups 
J. Chem. Phys. 137, 22A529 (2012) doi: 10.1063/1.4746768 


Klaus Ferdinand Albrecht, Haobin Wang, Lothar Mühlbacher, Michael Thoss and Andreas Komnik 
Bistability signatures in nonequilibrium charge transport through molecular quantum dots 
Phys. Rev. B 86, 081412(R) (2012) doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.081412 


Stefan Ballmann, Rainer Härtle, Pedro B. Coto, Mark Elbing, Marcel Mayor, Martin R. Bryce, Michael Thoss and Heiko B. Weber 
Experimental Evidence for Quantum Interference and Vibrationally Induced Decoherence in Single-Molecule Junctions
Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 056801 (2012) doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.056801 
see also the corresponding Viewpoint in Physics


R. Borelli, M. Thoss, H. Wang, W. Domcke 
Quantum dynamics of electron-transfer reactions: Photoinduced intermolecular electron transfer in a porphyrin–quinone complex 
Mol. Phys. 110, 751 (2012) doi: 10.1080/00268976.2012.676211


F. Blobner, P.B. Coto, F. Allegretti, M. Bockstedte, O. Rubio-Pons, H. Wang, D.L. Allara, M. Zharnikov, M. Thoss and P. Feulner 
Orbital-Symmetry-Dependent Electron Transfer through Molecules Assembled on Metal Substrates 
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 3, 436 (2012) doi: 10.1021/jz2015567


 

2011

I.R. Craig, M. Thoss, and H. Wang
Accurate quantum-mechanical rate constants for a linear response Azzouz-Borgis proton transfer model employing the multilayer multiconfiguration time-dependent Hartree approach 
J. Chem. Phys. 135, 064504 (2011) doi: 10.1063/1.3624342


A. Decker, S.L. Suraru, O. Rubio-Pons, E. Mankel, M. Bockstedte, M. Thoss, F. Würthner, T. Mayer and W. Jaegermann 
Toward Functional Inorganic/Organic Hybrids: Phenoxy-allyl-PTCDI Synthesis, Experimentally and Theoretically Determined Properties of the Isolated Molecule, Layer Characteristics, and the Interface Formation of Phenoxy-allyl-PTCDI on Si(111):H Determined by SXPS and DFT 
J. Phys. Chem. C 115, 21139 (2011) doi: 10.1021/jp205294h


H. Wang, I. Pshenichnyuk, R. Härtle and M. Thoss 
Numerically exact, time-dependent treatment of vibrationally coupled electron transport in single-molecule junctions 
J. Chem. Phys. 135, 244506 (2011) doi: 10.1063/1.3660206


R. Volkovich, R. Härtle, M. Thoss and U. Peskin 
Bias-controlled selective excitation of vibrational modes in molecular junctions: a route towards mode-selective chemistry 
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 13, 14333 (2011) doi: 10.1039/C1CP21161G


R. Härtle, M. Butzin, O. Rubio-Pons and M. Thoss 
Quantum Interference and Decoherence in Single-Molecule Junctions: How Vibrations Induce Electrical Current 
Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 046802 (2011) doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.046802


D. Secker, S. Wagner, S. Ballmann, R. Härtle, M. Thoss and H. B. Weber 
Resonant Vibrations, Peak Broadening, and Noise in Single Molecule Contacts: The Nature of the First Conductance Peak 
Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 136807 (2011) doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.136807


R. Härtle and M. Thoss 
Vibrational instabilities in resonant electron transport through single-molecule junctions 
Phys. Rev. B 83, 125419 (2011) doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.125419


R. Härtle and M. Thoss 
Resonant electron transport in single-molecule junctions: Vibrational excitation, rectification, negative differential resistance, and local cooling 
Phys. Rev. B 83, 115414 (2011) doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.115414


 

2010

J. Li, I. Kondov, H. Wang, and M. Thoss 
Theoretical Study of Photoinduced Electron-Transfer Processes in the Dye-Semiconductor System Alizarin-TiO2 
J. Phys. Chem. C 114, 18481 (2010) doi: 10.1021/jp104335k


K.A. Velizhanin, M. Thoss and H. Wang 
Meir-Wingreen formula for heat transport in a spin-boson nanojunction model 
J. Chem. Phys. 133, 084503 (2010) doi:10.1063/1.3483127


R. Härtle, R. Volkovich, M. Thoss and U. Peskin 
Communication: Mode-selective vibrational excitation induced by nonequilibrium transport processes in single-molecule junctions 
J. Chem. Phys. 133, 081102 (2010) doi:10.1063/1.3474464


H. Wang and M. Thoss 
From coherent motion to localization: II. Dynamics of the spin-boson model with sub-Ohmic spectral density at zero temperature 
Chem. Phys. 370, 78 (2010) doi:10.1016/j.chemphys.2010.02.027


O. Rubio-Pons, R. Härtle, J. Li and M. Thoss 
Theoretical Study of Electron Transfer and Electron Transport Processes in Molecular Systems at Metal Substrates. High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering, Garching/Munich 2009 
Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Part 6, 613-626, (2010) doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-13872-0_51