Stretching and breaking of a molecular junction

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Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1468-1475

  Romaner, Lorenz ^a,b   Heimel, Georg ^a   Gruber, Mathis ^a,b   Brédas, Jean Luc ^a   Zojer, Egbert ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Density functional theory; Electromechanical properties; Molecular electronics; Molecular junctions

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FERMI LEVEL; GOLD; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

ELECTROMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; GEOMETRIC CONFORMATIONS; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL (HOMO); MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; MOLECULAR JUNCTION;

SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

BENZENE; DISULFIDE; GOLD;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

BENZENE; DISULFIDES; GOLD; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33751241442     PISSN: 16136810     EISSN: 16136829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smll.200600054     Document Type: Article

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