Negative differential resistance behaviour in OPE molecular devices with semiconductor electrodes

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 17, 2009, Pages

  Tang, Gui Ping ^a,b   Fan, Zhi Qiang ^b   Zhang, Xiao Jiao ^b   Ren, Yun ^b   Chen, Ke Qiu ^b  

^a CHANGSHA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; METAL ELECTRODES; MOLECULAR DEVICE; NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL RESISTANCES; NON-EQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTION; SEMICONDUCTOR ELECTRODE;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRODES; GREEN'S FUNCTION; NEGATIVE RESISTANCE; POLYETHYLENES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WAVE FUNCTIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

EID: 70149097066     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/42/17/175104     Document Type: Article

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