On the influence of electron-electron correlation on the current-voltage characteristics of a short molecular wire

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 385, Issue PART II, 2002, Pages

  Petrov, E G ^a   Marchenko, V V ^a   Zelinskyy, Ya R ^a  

^a BOGOLYUBOV INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Coulomb repulsion; Electron transfer; Molecular wire; Voltage

Indexed keywords

COULOMB BLOCKADE; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; MICROELECTRODES;

COULOMB REPULSION; ELECTRON TRANSFER; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; MOLECULAR WIRES;

WIRE;

EID: 1042288294     PISSN: 1058725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10587250290113006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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