Conductance in Coulomb blockaded molecules-fingerprints of wave-particle duality?

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 751-758

  Muralidharan, B ^a   Ghosh, A W ^b   Datta, S ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coulomb blockade; Fock space; Molecular conduction; NEGF DFT; Quantum dots; Strong correlations

Indexed keywords

COULOMB BLOCKADE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

FOCK SPACE; MOLECULAR CONDUCTION; NEGF-DFT;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 33750166001     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927020600943923     Document Type: Article

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