Effects of metal-molecule interface conformations on the electron transport of single molecule

Current Applied Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 531-535

  Bai, Ping ^a   Li, Er Ping ^a   Chong, Chee Ching ^a   Chen, Zhikuan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

First principles method; Metal molecule interface; Molecular electronics; Molecule electronic device

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

FIRST PRINCIPLES METHOD; METAL-MOLECULE INTERFACE; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; MOLECULE ELECTRONIC DEVICE; PSEUDOPOTENTIALS;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 33744534192     PISSN: 15671739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2005.11.054     Document Type: Article

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