Source and sink potentials for the description of open systems with a stationary current passing through

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 126, Issue 14, 2007, Pages

  Goyer, Francois ^a   Ernzerhof, Matthias ^a   Zhuang, Min ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CURRENT DENSITY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; HAMILTONIANS; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; PROBABILITY;

MOLECULAR ELECTRONIC DEVICES (MED); PROTOTYPICAL MOLECULAR CONDUCTORS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 34247200477     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2715932     Document Type: Article

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