Measurement of current-induced local heating in a single molecule junction

Nano Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1240-1244

  Huang, Zhifeng ^a   Xu, Bingqian ^a   Chen, Yuchang ^c   Di Ventra, Massimiliano ^b   Tao, Nongjian ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT-INDUCED LOCAL HEATING; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS; MOLECULE-ELECTRODE BONDS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CHEMICAL BONDS; HEATING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

NANOMATERIAL; OCTANE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HEAT; IMPEDANCE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HEAT; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OCTANES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33745748485     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl0608285     Document Type: Article

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