Effects of initial state preparation on the distance dependence of electron transfer through molecular bridges and wires

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 6271-6276

  Skourtis, Spiros ^a   Nitzan, Abraham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TUNNELING; FERMI LEVEL; HEAT CONDUCTION; MOLECULAR PHYSICS;

MOLECULAR BRIDGES;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS;

EID: 0142090146     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1601597     Document Type: Article

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