Analyzing molecular current-voltage characteristics with the Simmons tunneling model: Scaling and linearization

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 4431-4444

  Vilan, Ayelet ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CONTACTING METHODS; MOLECULAR JUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR LENGTH; SIMMONS MODEL;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 34047246699     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp066846s     Document Type: Article

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