Theory of inelastic electric current through single molecules

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 24, 2004, Pages

  Asai, Yoshihiro ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLISTIC CONDUCTANCE; INELASTIC ELECTRIC CURRENTS; INTERMOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; KELDYSH GREEN FUNCTION; MOLECULAR AGGREGATES;

ALCOHOLS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BENZENE; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GOLD; GREEN'S FUNCTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PHONONS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

MOLECULAR PHYSICS;

ARTICLE;

EID: 42749108292     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.246102     Document Type: Article

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