Modeling transport through single-molecule junctions

Central European Journal of Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 555-563

  Walczak, Kamil ^a,b   Lyshevski, Sergey Edward ^c  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Kate Gleason College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Charging; Molecular electronics; Molecular junction; Rectification; Transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 27444442973     PISSN: 16443608     EISSN: 16443608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/bf02475612     Document Type: Article

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