Inelastic transport through molecules: Comparing first-principles calculations to experiments

Nano Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 258-262

  Paulsson, Magnus ^a   Frederiksen, Thomas ^a   Brandbyge, Mads ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; ELECTRODES; GOLD; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

GOLD ELECTRODES; VIBRATIONAL EFFECTS;

HYDROCARBONS;

ALKANE; GOLD; NANOMATERIAL; POLY(4 PHENYLENEVINYLENE); POLY(4-PHENYLENEVINYLENE); POLY(PHENYLENE ETHYNYLENE); POLYMER; POLYVINYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; VIBRATION;

ALKANES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; GOLD; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING TUNNELING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERS; POLYVINYLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VIBRATION;

EID: 33644967501     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl052224r     Document Type: Article

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