Electron transport through molecules: Gate-induced polarization and potential shift

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2005, Pages

  Ke, San Huang ^a   Baranger, Harold U ^a   Yang, Weitao ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BENZENE; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBE; GOLD;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOM; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EVALUATION; POLARIZATION; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; SCREENING;

EID: 20144378623     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.113401     Document Type: Article

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