Ab initio modeling of open systems: Charge transfer, electron conduction, and molecular switching of a C60 device

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2001, Pages

  Taylor, Jeremy ^a   Guo, Hong ^a   Wang, Jian ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; DEVICE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; MODEL; SURFACE CHARGE;

EID: 0000512336     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.63.121104     Document Type: Article

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