Conduction mechanism in a molecular hydrogen contact

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Thygesen, K S ^a   Jacobsen, K W ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONDUCTANCE CHANNELS; KOHN-SHAM POTENTIAL; QUANTUM UNITS; WANNIER FUNCTION (WF) ANALYSIS;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; HAMILTONIANS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; QUANTUM THEORY;

HYDROGEN;

EID: 18144395825     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.036807     Document Type: Article

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