Temperature effects on the transport properties of molecules

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 288-291

  Di Ventra, M ^a,d   Kim, S G ^a   Pantelides, S T ^a,b   Lang, N D ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; GROUND STATE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RESONANT TUNNELING; THERMAL EFFECTS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

FIRST PRINCIPLE CALCULATIONS; LIGAND ROTATIONS; MOLECULAR DEVICES; RESONANT TUNNELING VOLTAGE;

MOLECULES;

EID: 0035124977     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.288     Document Type: Article

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