A molecular view on electron transport in molecular electronic devices

Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 401-421

  Kula, Mathias ^a   Jiang, Jun ^a   Luo, Yi ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Field effect transistor; Inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy; Molecular electronics

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRON TUNNELING; ELECTRONS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS; INELASTIC ELECTRON TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR ELECTRONIC DEVICE; MOLECULAR INTERFACES; MOLECULE-METAL JUNCTIONS; NON-LINEAR CURRENT-VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; SINGLE MOLECULAR DEVICES;

SINGLE ELECTRON TRANSISTORS;

EID: 47149102522     PISSN: 15461955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jctn.2008.2484     Document Type: Review

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