Electronic transport through molecular junctions with nonrigid molecule-leads coupling

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 127, Issue 15, 2007, Pages

  Caspary Toroker, Maytal ^b   Peskin, Uri ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DERIVATIVES; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

MOLECULAR JUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR SUBSPACE; NUCLEAR COUPLING;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 39449120524     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2759916     Document Type: Article

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