Molecular transport junctions: Current from electronic excitations in the leads

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 16, 2006, Pages

  Galperin, Michael ^a   Nitzan, Abraham ^b   Ratner, Mark A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CHARGE TRANSFER TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON-HOLE EXCITATIONS; LANDAUER ELASTIC CURRENT; MOLECULAR JUNCTION;

SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

EID: 33646370771     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.166803     Document Type: Article

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