title: First-principles theory of correlated transport through nanojunctions.
abstract: We report the inclusion of electron-electron correlation in the calculation of transport properties within an ab initio scheme. A key step is the reformulation of Landauer's approach in terms of an effective transmittance for the interacting electron system. We apply this framework to analyze the effect of short-range interactions on Pt atomic wires and discuss the coherent and incoherent correction to the mean-field approach.
authors.affiliation: INFM National Center on nanoStructures and bioSystems at Surfaces (S3) and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, 41100 Modena, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferretti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Calzolari
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Di Felice
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Manghi
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Caldas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Buongiorno Nardelli
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Molinari