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| Article number | 093029 |
|---|---|
| <mark>Journal publication date</mark> | 23/09/2014 |
| <mark>Journal</mark> | New Journal of Physics |
| Issue number | 9 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Number of pages | 66 |
| Publication Status | Published |
| <mark>Original language</mark> | English |
We have developed an efficient simulation tool 'GOLLUM' for the computation of electrical, spin and thermal transport characteristics of complex nanostructures. The new multi-scale, multi-terminal tool addresses a number of new challenges and functionalities that have emerged in nanoscale-scale transport over the past few years. To illustrate the flexibility and functionality of GOLLUM, we present a range of demonstrator calculations encompassing charge, spin and thermal transport, corrections to density functional theory such as local density approximation + U ( LDA+ U) and spectral adjustments, transport in the presence of non-collinear magnetism, the quantum Hall effect, Kondo and Coulomb blockade effects, finite-voltage transport, multi-terminal transport, quantum pumps, superconducting nanostructures, environmental effects, and pulling curves and conductance histograms for mechanically-controlled break-junction experiments.