Electrode conformation-induced negative differential resistance and rectifying performance in a molecular device

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 16, 2009, Pages

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

^a CHANGSHA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; AU ELECTRODES; CARBON CHAINS; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; MOLECULAR DEVICE; NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL RESISTANCES; NON EQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTION METHOD; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DISTILLATION; ELECTRODES; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WIRE;

NEGATIVE RESISTANCE;

EID: 70350423020     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3246163     Document Type: Article

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