Unified description of molecular conduction: From molecules to metallic wires

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 20, 2001, Pages

  Damle, P S ^a   Ghosh, A W ^a   Datta, S ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONDUCTOR; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 0035890458     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.201403     Document Type: Article

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