Conformations and charge transport characteristics of biphenyldithiol self-assembled-monolayer molecular electronic devices: A multiscale computational study

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 122, Issue 24, 2005, Pages

  Kim, Yong Hoon ^a,b   Jang, Seung Soon ^a   Goddard, William A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Korea Institute for Advanced Study   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; MOLECULAR ELECTRONIC DEVICES; PACKING CONFIGURATION;

CHARGE TRANSFER; COMPUTATION THEORY; CONFORMATIONS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONOLAYERS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SELF ASSEMBLY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 22544472165     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1937391     Document Type: Article

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