Thermopower of molecular junctions: An ab initio study

Nano Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1011-1014

  Ke, San Huang ^a   Yang, Weitao ^a   Curtarolo, Stefano ^a,b   Baranger, Harold U ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO STUDIES; DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL THEORIES; ENERGY FUNCTIONALS; GOLD ELECTRODES; GREEN FUNCTIONS; HIGH EFFICIENCIES; MOLECULAR JUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR NANOJUNCTIONS; REASONABLE ACCURACIES; SINGLE PARTICLES; THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSIONS; THERMOPOWER;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

GOLD; PROTON;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; GOLD; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROTONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 65449146715     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl8031229     Document Type: Article

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