Charge transmission through a molecular wire: The role of terminal sites for the current-voltage behavior

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 127, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Petrov, E G ^a   Zelinskyy, Ya R ^a   May, V ^b   Hanggi P ^c  

^a BOGOLYUBOV INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRODES; FERMI LEVEL; MOLECULAR ORBITALS;

ELECTRON TRANSFER; MOLECULAR WIRES; TERMINAL SITES;

MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS;

EID: 34548448597     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2768521     Document Type: Article

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