Electron transmission through molecular layers: Numerical simulations and theoretical considerations

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 854-861

  Nitzan, Abraham ^a   Benjamin, Ilan ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

EID: 0032753852     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar970267b     Document Type: Article

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