Electrode metal dependence of the rectifying performance for molecular devices: A density functional study

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Deng, X Q ^a,b   Zhou, J C ^a   Zhang, Z H ^b   Tang, G P ^b   Qiu, M ^b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHANGSHA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-DENSITY; AL ELECTRODE; AU ELECTRODES; ELECTRODE MATERIAL; ELECTRODE METALS; LI ELECTRODE; METAL ELECTRODES; MOLECULAR DEVICE; NON EQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTION METHOD; RECTIFYING CHARACTERISTICS; RECTIFYING EFFECT; TERPHENYLS; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

DISTILLATION; GREEN'S FUNCTION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 70249129365     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3205114     Document Type: Article

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