Hubbard model approach for the transport properties of short molecular chains

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 20, 2003, Pages

  Kostyrko, Tomasz ^a   Bułka, Bogdan R ^b  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION;

EID: 0037964959     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.67.205331     Document Type: Article

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