Electronic properties of metal-molecule-metal systems at zero bias: A periodic density functional study

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 119, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 6729-6735

  Piccinin, S ^a   Selloni, A ^a   Scandolo, S ^a,b   Car, R ^a   Scoles, G ^a,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^c SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRODES; FERMI LEVEL; GOLD; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0142084715     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1602057     Document Type: Article

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