A simple model of molecular electronic devices and its analytical solution

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 127, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Ernzerhof, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; HAMILTONIANS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; WAVE FUNCTIONS;

DISCRETE EIGENSTATES; MOLECULAR CONDUCTANCE; MOLECULAR ELECTRONIC DEVICES (MED);

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 36549030714     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2804867     Document Type: Article

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