The size effects of electrodes in molecular devices: An ab initio study on the transport properties of C60

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 21, Issue 14, 2009, Pages

  Zheng, Xiaohong ^a   Dai, Zhenxiang ^a   Zeng, Zhi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO METHOD; AB INITIO STUDY; ATOMIC CHAINS; CURRENT INCREASE; EQUILIBRIUM CONDUCTANCE; GOLD NANOWIRE; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; METALLIC BEHAVIORS; MOLECULAR DEVICE; NON-EQUILIBRIUM GREEN FUNCTIONS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; SIZE EFFECTS; TRANSMISSION FUNCTION; TRANSMISSION PEAKS; TRANSPORT BEHAVIOR;

ATOMS; FERMI LEVEL; FERMIONS; MOLECULAR MODELING; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; NANOWIRES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ELECTRODES;

EID: 67649182900     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/14/145502     Document Type: Article

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