The role of nano-contacts in electrical transport through a molecular wire

Chemical Physics

Volumn 330, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 287-294

  Shokri, Ali A ^a,c   Mardaani, M ^b,c  

^a PAYAME NOOR UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN THEORETICAL PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS IPM   (Iran)

Author keywords

Contacts; Electrical transport; Green's function methods; Molecular wires

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750458020     PISSN: 03010104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2006.08.023     Document Type: Article

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