Quantum transport in alkane molecular wires: Effects of binding modes and anchoring groups

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 131, Issue 24, 2009, Pages

  Sheng, W ^a   Li, Z Y ^a   Ning, Z Y ^b   Zhang, Z H ^c   Yang, Z Q ^a   Guo, H ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CHANGSHA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCHORING GROUPS; BINDING MODES; BINDING STRENGTH; CONDUCTANCE VALUES; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; DITHIOLS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; GAP STATE; LENGTH SCALE; LOW BIAS; MOLECULAR WIRES; NON-EQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTION FORMALISM; NONEQUILIBRIUM ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; QUANTUM TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT PHYSICS; TUNNELING CHARACTERISTICS; TUNNELING PROCESS;

ACIDS; BINDING ENERGY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GREEN'S FUNCTION; NANOWIRES; PARAFFINS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WIND TUNNELS; WIRE;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS;

EID: 73649147709     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3276280     Document Type: Article

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