Molecular scale rectifier: Theoretical study

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 105, Issue 41, 2001, Pages 9454-9459

  Majumder, Chiranjib ^a   Mizuseki, Hiroshi ^b   Kawazoe, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; COMPLEXATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN; QUANTUM THEORY;

MOLECULAR SCALES;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0035909749     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp011888w     Document Type: Article

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