Microscopic study of electrical transport through individual molecules with metallic contacts. II. Effect of the interface structure

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Xue, Yongqiang ^a   Ratner, Mark ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; METAL;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY; GEOMETRY; MODEL; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0242511131     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.68.115407     Document Type: Article

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