Changes of coupling between the electrodes and the molecule under external bias bring negative differential resistance

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 3334-3339

  Shi, Xingqiang ^a   Zheng, Xiaohong ^a   Dai, Zhenxiang ^a   Wang, Yang ^a   Zeng, Zhi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRONS; GOLD; HAMILTONIANS; ITERATIVE METHODS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROELECTRONICS; NEGATIVE RESISTANCE;

MOLECULAR DEVICES; MULLIKEN POPULATION ANALYSIS; NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL RESISTANCE (NDR); PROJECTED DENSITY OF STATES (PDOS);

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 14844346251     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp046349g     Document Type: Article

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