Optical switching of charge transmission through a single molecule: Effects of contact excitations and molecule heating

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4179-4185

  Wang, Luxia ^a   May, Volkhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT SWITCHES; CURRENT VOLTAGE; ELECTRON-HOLE PAIR GENERATION; EXCITATION CONDITIONS; EXCITATION REGIME; FERMI DISTRIBUTION; INTRAMOLECULAR VIBRATIONAL ENERGY REDISTRIBUTIONS; MOLECULAR EXCITATIONS; NON-EQUILIBRIUM ELECTRONS; OPTICAL EXCITATIONS; OPTICAL SWITCHING; PHOTOINDUCED CHANGE; PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; SINGLE MOLECULE; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUMS; VIBRATIONAL DISTRIBUTION;

ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; HEATING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MOLECULES; PHOTOEXCITATION;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 77949297803     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp910667h     Document Type: Article

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