The electrostatic potential profile along a biased molecular wire: A model quantum-mechanical calculation

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 3756-3763

  Pleutin, Stéphane ^a   Grabert, Hermann ^a   Ingold, Gert Ludwig ^b   Nitzan, Abraham ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; NEGATIVE RESISTANCE; QUANTUM THEORY;

MOLECULAR WIRES;

ELECTROSTATICS;

EID: 0037460583     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1539863     Document Type: Article

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