Vibrationally mediated negative differential resistance in a single molecule

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1918-1921

  Gaudioso, J ^a   Lauhon, L J ^a   Ho, W ^a  

^a Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics and Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINES; CHEMICAL BONDS; COPPER; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; IONIC CONDUCTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES; REACTION KINETICS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRONIC STATES OF THE CONDUCTING MEDIA; NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL RESISTANCE; PYRROLIDINE MOLECULES; SINGLE MOLECULE; VIBRATIONAL ENERGIES;

MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS;

EID: 0034726289     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.1918     Document Type: Article

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