Low temperature electronic transport and electron transfer through organic macromolecules

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 4-7

  Zimbovskaya, Natalya ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TUNNELING; GREEN'S FUNCTION; HAMILTONIANS; IONIZATION; LOW TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES; MACROMOLECULES;

ELECTRON DEPHASING; ELECTRON TRANSMISSION FUNCTION; INTRAMOLECULAR ELECTRON TUNNELING; METAL-MOLECULE-METAL JUNCTION; SEMI-INFINITE TIGHT-BINDING CHAIN;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 0037257850     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1533077     Document Type: Article

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