Theory of vibrationally inelastic electron transport through molecular bridges

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Cizek M ^a,b   Thoss, M ^a   Domcke, W ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHYSICS; THEORY; VIBRATION;

EID: 19744382145     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.125406     Document Type: Article

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