Conductance of molecular wires and transport calculations based on density-functional theory

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 23, 2004, Pages

  Evers, F ^a   Weigend, F ^a   Koentopp, M ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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GOLD; THIOL;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULE;

EID: 42749103677     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.235411     Document Type: Article

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