Local ionic and electron heating in single-molecule junctions

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 698-703

  Huang, Zhifeng ^a   Chen, Fang ^a   D'Agosta, Roberto ^b   Bennett, Peter A ^c   Di Ventra, Massimiliano ^b   Tao, Nongjian ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; ELECTRON-ELECTRON INTERACTIONS; MOLECULES; PHONONS;

EFFECTIVE TEMPERATURE; ELECTRON HEATING; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; LOCAL TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR JUNCTION; SINGLE-MOLECULE JUNCTIONS; THEORETICAL METHODS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ELECTRONS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHONON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 35948996612     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2007.345     Document Type: Article

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