Fullerene-based molecular nanobridges: A first-principles study

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2001, Pages

  Palacios, J J ^a   Perez Jimenez A J ^a   Louis, E ^a   Verges J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CARBON; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ION CONDUCTANCE; ION TRANSPORT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NANOPARTICLE; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 0035884107     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.115411     Document Type: Article

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