  We evaluate the electron transmission through a dangling-bond wire on
Si(100)-H (2x1). Finite wires are modelled by decoupling semi-infinite Si
electrodes from the dangling-bond wire with passivating H atoms. The
calculations are performed using density functional theory in a non-periodic
geometry along the conduction direction. We also use Wannier functions to
analyze our results and to build an effective tight-binding Hamiltonian that
gives us enhanced insight in the electron scattering processes. We evaluate the
transmission to the different solutions that are possible for the dangling-bond
wires: Jahn-Teller distorted ones, as well as antiferromagnetic and
ferromagnetic ones. The discretization of the electronic structure of the wires
due to their finite size leads to interesting transmission properties that are
fingerprints of the wire nature.
