Thermopower of single-molecule devices

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 1-12

  Koch, Jens ^a   Von Oppen, Felix ^a   Oreg, Yuval ^b   Sela, Eran ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; EXCITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULE; OSCILLATION; PHONON; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 12444286752     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.195107     Document Type: Article

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