Ab Initio methods for the study of molecular systems for nanometer technology: Toward the first-principles design of molecular computers

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 852, Issue , 1998, Pages 68-94

  Seminario, Jorge M ^a   Tour, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE;

COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRONICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS;

EID: 0031871786     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb09865.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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