Chiral electron transport: Scattering through helical potentials

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Yeganeh, Sina ^a   Ratner, Mark A ^a   Medina, Ernesto ^b   Mujica, Vladimiro ^a,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY FACTOR; CHIRAL MOLECULE; CHIRAL STRUCTURES; DIFFERENTIAL SCATTERING CROSS SECTION; ELECTRON SPIN POLARIZATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LANDAUER; MOLECULAR INTERFACES; MOLECULAR JUNCTION; MOLECULAR TARGETS; POLARIZED ELECTRONS; SCATTERING POTENTIALS; SPIN DEPENDENT SCATTERING; SPIN ORBITS; SPIN-POLARIZED ELECTRONS; THIN ORGANIC LAYERS;

ELECTRON BEAMS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; POLARIZATION; SCATTERING; SPIN DYNAMICS;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 67650465660     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3167404     Document Type: Article

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