Competition between current-induced excitation and bath-induced decoherence in molecular junctions

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 131, Issue 24, 2009, Pages

  Jorn, Ryan ^a   Seideman, Tamar ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DYNAMICS;

LANDAUER FORMALISMS; MASTER EQUATIONS; MOLECULAR DEVICE; MOLECULAR JUNCTION; SCATTERING THEORY; TUNNELING CURRENT; VIBRATIONAL COHERENCES; VIBRATIONAL HEATING;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 73649139229     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3276281     Document Type: Article

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