Theory of Rectification in Tour Wires: The Role of Electrode Coupling

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 13, 2002, Pages

  Taylor, Jeremy ^a   Brandbyge, Mads ^a   Stokbro, Kurt ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMISORPTION; ELECTRODES; FERMI LEVEL; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; RESONANCE;

MOLECULAR WIRES;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 0037163810     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.138301     Document Type: Article

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