Correlation effects in transport properties of interacting nanostructures

Abstract

We discuss how to apply many-body methods to correlated nanoscopic systems, and provide general criteria of validity for a treatment at the dynamical mean field theory (DMFT) approximation level, in which local correlations are taken into account, while non-local ones are neglected. In this respect, we consider one of the most difficult cases for DMFT, namely for a quasi-one-dimensional molecule such as a benzene ring. The comparison against a numerically exact solution shows that non-local spatial correlations are relevant only in the limit of weak coupling between the molecule and the metallic leads and of low inter-atomic connectivity, otherwise DMFT provides a quantitative description of the system. As an application we investigate the role of correlations on electronic transport in quantum junctions, and we show that a local Mott-Hubbard crossover is a robust phenomenon in sharp nanoscopic contacts.

12 pages, 13 figures

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