Numerical computation of tunneling fluxes

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 10817-10826

  Galperin, Michael ^a   Toledo, Sivan ^a   Nitzan, Abraham ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; GREEN'S FUNCTION; METALS; MOLECULES; POISSON EQUATION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; WATER;

ELECTRON WAVE FUNCTION; LAPLACE EQUATIONS; METAL MOLECULE METAL JUNCTIONS; TUNNELING FLUXES;

ELECTRON TUNNELING;

EID: 0037115812     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1522404     Document Type: Article

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