Inelastic effects on the transport properties of alkanethiols

Nano Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 621-624

  Chen, Yu Chang ^a   Zwolak, Michael ^b   Di Ventra, Massimiliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANETHIOLS; BULK ELECTRODES; INELASTIC EFFECTS; INELASTIC SCATTERING;

CHARGE TRANSFER; COOLING; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; HEAT LOSSES; HEATING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; QUANTUM THEORY;

ALCOHOLS;

EID: 18244388957     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl047899t     Document Type: Article

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