Charge transport in conjugated aromatic molecular junctions: Molecular conjugation and molecule-electrode coupling

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 111, Issue 40, 2007, Pages 14893-14902

  Cohen, Revital ^a   Stokbro, Kurt ^b,c   Martin, Jan M L ^d   Ratner, Mark A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Atomistix A/S   (Denmark)

^d WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTANCE CALCULATIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS; MOLECULAR CONJUGATION;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHARGE TRANSFER; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRODES; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS;

EID: 35548968881     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp0795309     Document Type: Article

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