Theoretical investigation on electron transport through an organic molecule: Effect of the contact structure

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 121, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 6485-6492

  Nara, Jun ^a   Geng, W T ^a   Kino, Hiori ^a   Kobayashi, Nobuhiko ^b   Ohno, Takahisa ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; FERMI LEVEL; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

ELECTRON TRANSMISSIONS; LIPPMANN-SCHWINGER EQUATIONS; MOLECULAR WIRE JUNCTIONS; NONEQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTION (NEGF);

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 7044262874     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1783251     Document Type: Article

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