Molecular transport junctions: Asymmetry in inelastic tunneling processes

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 109, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 8519-8522

  Galperin, Michael ^a   Nitzan, Abraham ^b   Ratner, Mark A ^a   Stewart, Duncan R ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY; INELASTIC TUNNELING PROCESSES; MOLECULAR TRANSPORT JUNCTIONS; PHONON DYNAMICS;

DERIVATIVES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHONONS; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM THEORY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SCATTERING;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 18844423785     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp0457500     Document Type: Article

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