Correlated, ab initio electron propagators in the study of molecular wires: Application to a single molecular bridge placed between two model leads

International Journal of Quantum Chemistry

Volumn 107, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 3228-3235

  Sterling, Mark R ^a   Dolgounitcheva, O ^b   Zakrzewski, V G ^b   Dahnovsky, Yu ^c   Ortiz, J V ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron propagator; Molecular wires; Single molecule conductance

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON PROPAGATOR; GOLD DITHIOLATE SYSTEM; MOLECULAR WIRES; SINGLE MOLECULE CONDUCTANCE;

ELECTRONS; FERMI LEVEL; MOLECULAR ORBITALS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 35348955849     PISSN: 00207608     EISSN: 1097461X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qua.21502     Document Type: Conference Paper

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