Electronic transport through a C60 molecular bridge: The role of single and multiple contacts

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Saffarzadeh, Alireza ^a,b  

^a PAYAME NOOR UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN THEORETICAL PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS IPM   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMERIZATION; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

BOND DIMERIZATION; CARBON ATOM; ELECTRON CONDUCTION;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS;

EID: 43049135533     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2907412     Document Type: Article

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