First-principles study of structure and quantum transport properties of C20 fullerene

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  An, Yi Peng ^a   Yang, Chuan Lu ^a   Wang, Mei Shan ^a   Ma, Xiao Guang ^a   Wang, De Hua ^a  

^a LUDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUILIBRIUM CONDUCTANCE; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; FULLERENE MOLECULES; LINEAR REGION; MOLECULAR DEVICE; NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL RESISTANCES; NON-EQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTION FORMALISM; NONLINEAR BEHAVIOR; QUANTUM TRANSPORT; QUANTUM TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VOLTAGE RANGES;

BIAS VOLTAGE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FULLERENES; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MOLECULES; NEGATIVE RESISTANCE; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SOLID STATE PHYSICS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WAVE FUNCTIONS;

QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

EID: 67650740003     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3159024     Document Type: Article

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