Time-dependent density functional theory with ultrasoft pseudopotentials: Real-time electron propagation across a molecular junction

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Qian, Xiaofeng ^a   Li, Ju ^b   Lin, Xi ^a   Yip, Sidney ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b Ohio State University   (United States)

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EID: 33144488780     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.035408     Document Type: Article

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