Coherent electron transport through an azobenzene molecule: A light-driven molecular switch

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 15, 2004, Pages

  Zhang, C ^a   Du, M H ^a   Cheng, H P ^a   Zhang, X G ^b   Roitberg, A E ^a   Krause, J L ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTRON TUNNELING; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FERMI LEVEL; GREEN'S FUNCTION; ISOMERS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

AZOBENZENE; COHERENT ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULE ORBITAL (HOMO); NANOSIZE CIRCUIT;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 2542435401     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.158301     Document Type: Article

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