Current through single conjugated molecules: Calculations versus measurements

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Liang, Y Y ^a   Zhou, Y X ^a   Chen, H ^a   Note, R ^b   Mizuseki, H ^b   Kawazoe, Y ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CURRENT DENSITY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MOLECULES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS (AIP); DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL (DF); EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FINITE TEMPERATURES; NON EQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTION (NEGF); PARA POSITION; RODLIKE MOLECULES; SINGLE CONJUGATED MOLECULES;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 47249120772     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2951986     Document Type: Article

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