Effects of end group functionalization and level alignment on electron transport in molecular devices

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Kim, Gunn ^a,c   Wang, Shuchun ^a   Lu, Wenchang ^b   Buongiorno Nardelli, Marco ^b   Bernholc, J ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINES; FERMI LEVEL; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARAFFINS;

FERMI LEVEL CONTROL; GROUP FUNCTIONALIZATION;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 38349062464     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2822180     Document Type: Article

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