An elongation method for first principle simulations of electronic structures and electron transport properties of finite nanostructures

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 124, Issue 21, 2006, Pages

  Jiang, Jun ^a,b   Liu, Kai ^a   Lu, Wei ^b   Luo, Yi ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; DNA; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; FINITE NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOSIZED DEVICES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 34547853644     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2207137     Document Type: Article

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