Ballistic electron transport through atomic nanowires

Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2521-2544

  Tsukamoto, Shigeru ^a,b,c   Egami, Yoshiyuki ^a,b,c   Ono, Tomoya ^a,b,c  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atomic nanowires; Ballistic electron transport; Conductance oscillation; First principles calculations; Negative differential conductance

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS BEHAVIOR; BALLISTIC ELECTRON TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL PHENOMENAS; CONDUCTANCE OSCILLATIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; FUNCTIONAL SYSTEMS; JELLIUM MODEL; NANO SCALE; NANOMETER-SCALE STRUCTURES; NANOSCALE PHENOMENON; NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL CONDUCTANCE; OSCILLATORY BEHAVIORS;

ATOMS; BALLISTICS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOWIRES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 76749137152     PISSN: 15461955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jctn.2009.1312     Document Type: Review

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