Theoretical study of long-range electron transport in molecular junctions

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 112, Issue 44, 2008, Pages 17408-17415

  Nozaki, Daijiro ^a   Girard, Yvan ^a   Yoshizawa, Kazunari ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; GREEN'S FUNCTION; HEAT CONDUCTION;

ANDERSON; COHERENT TUNNELING; CONJUGATED MOLECULES; DISTANCE DEPENDENCES; ELECTRON CONDUCTIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORTS; ELECTRONIC CONDUCTIONS; EXPONENTIAL DECAYS; INCOHERENT SCATTERINGS; INCOHERENT TRANSPORTS; INCOHERENT TUNNELING; LANDAUER; MOLECULAR JUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR WIRES; SEQUENTIAL HOPPING; SHORT DISTANCES; THEORETICAL MODELS;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 56549092528     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp806806j     Document Type: Article

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