Michael Galperin

(Full CV)
Address: Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Urey Hall, Room 3250
UCSD Mail Code 0340
La Jolla, CA 92093-0340
Telephone: (858) 246-0511
Fax: (858) 534-7244
Email: migalperin@ucsd.edu

Research Interests

Experience

Years Position Institution
since 07/2008 Assistant Professor University of California San Diego,
La Jolla, CA, U.S.A.
08/2007-06/2008 Director's Postdoctoral Fellow Los Alamos National Laboratory,
Los Alamos, NM, U.S.A.
09/2003-08/2007 Senior Research Associate with Prof. Mark A. Ratner Northwestern University,
Evanston, IL, U.S.A.
09/2002-08/2003 Postdoctoral Fellow in the group of Prof. David N. Beratan Duke University,
Durham, NC, U.S.A.
09/1991-10/1995 Junior Scientific Researcher Institute of Metal Physics,
Russian Academy of Sciences,
Ekaterinburg, Russia

Education

03/1996-01/2003 Ph.D. with distinction (Chemical Physics)
Thesis: "Electron tunneling through molecular layers"
Supervisor: Prof. Abraham Nitzan		 Tel Aviv University,
Tel Aviv, Israel
09/1986-06/1991 M.Sc. with distinction (Theoretical Physics)
Thesis: "Calculation of the spectrum of self-ordering alloy"
Supervisor: Prof. Mikhail I. Katsnelson		 Ural State University,
Ekaterinburg, Russia

Publications

  1. M.Galperin, K.Saito, A.V.Balatsky, and A.Nitzan.
    Cooling mechanisms in molecular conduction junctions
    Phys. Rev. B 80 (11), 115427 (2009).
    [published also in VJ Nanoscale Science & Technology 20 (14) (2009)]
  2. M.Esposito and M.Galperin.
    Transport in molecular states language: Generalized quantum master equation approach
    Phys. Rev. B 79 (20), 205303 (2009).
    [published also in VJ Nanoscale Science & Technology 19 (20) (2009)]
  3. M.Galperin, M.A.Ratner, and A.Nitzan.
    Raman scattering in current-carrying molecular junctions
    JCP 130, 144109 (2009).
    [published also in VJ Nanoscale Science & Technology 19 (16) (2009)]
  4. S.Yeganeh, M.A.Ratner, M.Galperin, and A.Nitzan.
    Transport in State Space: Voltage-Dependent Conductance Calculations of Benzene-1,4-dithiol
    Nano Letters 9 (5), 1770-1774 (2009).
  5. M.Galperin, M.A.Ratner, and A.Nitzan.
    Raman Scattering from Nonequilibrium Molecular Conduction Junctions,
    Nano Letters 9 (2), 758-763 (2009).
  6. M.Galperin, A.Nitzan, and M.A.Ratner.
    Inelastic transport in the Coulomb blockade regime within a nonequilibrium atomic limit,
    Phys. Rev. B 78 (12), 125320 (2008).
    [published also in VJ Nanoscale Science & Technology 18 (13) (2008)]
  7. M.Galperin, A.Nitzan, and M.A.Ratner.
    The non-linear response of molecular junctions: the polaron model revisited,
    J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 20 (37), 374107 (2008).
    [see also "Born Oppenheimer Dynamics Near Metal Surfaces", arXiv:0909.0915 (2009)]
  8. M.Galperin, A.Nitzan, and M.A.Ratner.
    Inelastic effects in molecular junction transport: scattering and self-consistent calculations for the Seebeck coefficient,
    Molecular Physics 106 (2-4), 397-404 (2008).
  9. M.Galperin and S.Tretiak.
    Linear optical response of current-carrying molecular junction: A NEGF-TDDFT approach,
    JCP 128, 124705 (2008).
    [published also in VJ Nanoscale Science & Technology 17 (14) (2008)]
  10. M.Galperin, M.A.Ratner, A.Nitzan, and A.Troisi.
    Nuclear Coupling and Polarization in Molecular Transport Junctions: Beyond Tunneling to Function,
    Science 319, no. 5866, 1056-1060 (2008) [review].
  11. S.Yeganeh, M.Galperin, and M.A.Ratner.
    Switching in molecular transport junctions: Polarization response,
    JACS 129 (43), 13313-13320 (2007).
  12. M.Galperin, A.Nitzan, and M.A.Ratner.
    Inelastic effects in molecular junctions in the Coulomb and Kondo regimes: Nonequilibrium equation-of-motion approach,
    PRB 76 (3), 035301 (2007).
    [published also in VJ Nanoscale Science & Technology 16 (3) (2007)]
  13. M.Galperin, A.Nitzan, and M.A.Ratner.
    Heat conduction in molecular transport junctions,
    PRB 75 (15), 155312 (2007).
    [published also in VJ Nanoscale Science & Technology 15 (16) (2007)]
  14. M.Galperin, M.A.Ratner, and A.Nitzan.
    Molecular transport junctions: vibrational effects,
    J.Phys.: Condens. Matter 19, 103201 (2007) [review]
    [included in Top Papers 2007 Showcase of JPCM]
  15. M.Galperin, A.Nitzan, and M.A.Ratner.
    Inelastic tunneling effects on noise properties of molecular junctions,
    PRB 74 (7), 075326 (2006).
    [published also in VJ Nanoscale Science & Technology 14 (10) (2006)]
  16. M.Galperin and A.Nitzan.
    "Optical properties of current carrying molecular wires",
    JCP 124, 234709 (2006). [copyright notice]
    [published also in VJ Nanoscale Science & Technology 14 (1) (2006)]
  17. M.Galperin, A.Nitzan, and M.A.Ratner.
    "Molecular Transport Junctions: Current from Electronic Excitations in the Leads",
    PRL 96 (16), 166803 (2006).
    [published also in VJ Nanoscale Science & Technology 13 (18) (2006)]
  18. M.Galperin, A.Nitzan, and M.A.Ratner.
    "Resonant inelastic tunneling in molecular junctions",
    PRB 73 (4), 045314 (2006).
    [published also in VJ Nanoscale Science & Technology 13 (4) (2006)]
  19. M.Galperin and A.Nitzan.
    "Current-Induced Light Emission and Light-Induced Current in Molecular-Tunneling Junctions",
    PRL 95 (20), 206802 (2005).
    [published also in VJ Nanoscale Science & Technology 12 (21) (2005)]
  20. M.Galperin, A.Nitzan, M.A.Ratner, and D.R.Stewart.
    "Molecular transport junctions: Asymmetry in inelastic tunneling processes",
    JPC B109 (17), 8519-8522 (2005).
  21. M.Galperin and D.N.Beratan.
    "Simulation of scanning tunneling microscope images of 1,3-cyclohexadiene bound to a silicon surface",
    JPC B109 (4), 1473-1480 (2005).
  22. M.Galperin, M.A.Ratner, and A.Nitzan.
    "Hysteresis, switching and negative differential resistance in molecular junctions: A polaron model",
    Nano Letters 5 (1), 125-130 (2005).
    [see also "Reply to Comment by Alexandrov and Bratkovsky", cond-mat/0604112 (2006)]
  23. M.Galperin, M.A.Ratner, and A.Nitzan.
    "Inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy in molecular junctions: Peaks and dips",
    JCP 121 (23), 11965-11979 (2004). [copyright notice]
    [published also in VJ Nanoscale Science & Technology 10 (24) (2004)]
  24. M.Galperin, M.A.Ratner, and A.Nitzan.
    "On the line widths of vibrational features in inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy",
    Nano Letters 4 (9), 1605-1611 (2004).
  25. M.Galperin and A.Nitzan,
    "NEGF-HF method in molecular junction property calculations",
    Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1006, 48-67 (2003).
  26. M.Galperin and A.Nitzan, S.Sek and M.Majda.
    "Asymmetric electron transmission across asymmetric alkanethiol bilayer junctions",
    J. Electroanal. Chem. 550-551, 337-350 (2003).
  27. A.Nitzan and M.Galperin, G.-L.Ingold, and H.Grabert.
    "On the electrostatic potential profile in biased molecular wires",
    JCP 117 (23), 10837-10841 (2002). [copyright notice]
    [published also in VJ Nanoscale Science & Technology 6 (24) (2002)]
  28. M.Galperin and A.Nitzan, S.Toledo.
    "Numerical computation of tunneling fluxes",
    JCP 117 (23), 10817-10826 (2002). [copyright notice]
  29. M.Galperin and A.Nitzan, I.Benjamin.
    "Numerical simulations of electron tunneling currents in water",
    JPC A106 (45), 10790-10796 (2002).
  30. U.Peskin, M.Galperin and A.Nitzan.
    "Traversal times for resonant tunneling",
    JPC B106 (33), 8306-8312 (2002).
  31. M.Galperin and A.Nitzan.
    "Inelastic effects of electron tunneling through water layers",
    JCP 115 (6), 2681-2694 (2001). [copyright notice]
  32. M.Galperin and A.Nitzan, U.Peskin.
    "Traversal time for electron tunneling in water",
    JCP 114 (21), 9205-9208 (2001). [copyright notice]
  33. U.Peskin, A.Edlund, I.Bar-On, M.Galperin and A.Nitzan.
    "Transient resonance structures in electron tunneling through water",
    JCP 111 (16), 7558-7566 (1999). [copyright notice]
  34. M.Galperin, D.Segal, and A.Nitzan.
    "Perturbation theory approach to tunneling: Direct and resonance transmission in super-exchange models",
    JCP 111 (4), 1569-1579 (1999). [copyright notice]
  35. R.Naaman, A.Haran, A.Nitzan, D.Evans, and M.Galperin.
    "Electron transmission through molecular layers",
    JPC B102 (19), 3658-3668 (1998).
  36. Anokhin A.O., Galperin M.L., Gornostyrev Yu.N., Katsnelson M.I., and Trefilov A.V.,
    "The effect of electronic localized states at dislocations on the `chemical' impurity-dislocation interaction",
    Phil. Mag. B 73 (6), 845-860 (1996).
  37. Anokhin A.O., Galperin M.L., Gornostyrev Yu.N., Katsnelson M.I., and Trefilov A.V.,
    "Localized electronic states and their influence on interaction of defects in crystals",
    The Physics of Metals and Metallography (Fizika metallov i metallovedenie) 79 (3), 16 (1995) (in Russian).
  38. Anokhin A.O., Galperin M.L., Gornostyrev Yu.N., Katsnelson M.I., and Trefilov A.V.,
    "On the possibility of electronic localization at dislocations, disclinations and grain boundaries in metals",
    JETP Letters 59 (5), 369-373 (1994).