Electronic transport properties of a molecular switch with carbon nanotube electrodes: A first-principles study

Physica B: Condensed Matter

Volumn 405, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 446-450

  Zhao, P ^a,b   Wang, P J ^a   Zhang, Z ^a   Liu, D S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JINAN   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JINING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electronic transport; Molecular switch; Non equilibrium Green's function; Single walled carbon nanotube

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE ELECTRODES; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; MOLECULAR SWITCHES; NON-EQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTION; OPTICAL MOLECULAR SWITCHES; TRANSPORT CALCULATION;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHIRALITY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRODES; ENANTIOMERS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 71549156247     PISSN: 09214526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physb.2009.09.009     Document Type: Article

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