Temperature dependence of the inelastic electron tunneling

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 727-734

  Nishioka, H ^a   Yamato, T ^a,b   Kakitani, T ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conformation fluctuation; Electron transfer; Inelastic tunneling; Non Condon effect

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION THEORY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ENERGY GAP; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROTEINS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CONFORMATION FLUCTUATIONS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; INELASTIC TUNNELING; NON-CONDON EFFECTS;

ELECTRON TUNNELING;

EID: 33750188824     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927020600835665     Document Type: Article

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