Can single-atom change affect electron transport properties of molecular nanostructures such as C60 fullerene?

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1584-1589

  Zhong, Xiaoliang ^a   Pandey, Ravindra ^a   Rocha, Alexandre Reily ^b   Karna, Shashi P ^c  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C ATOMS; CRITICAL BEHAVIOR; DOPED FULLERENE; DOPING ATOMS; ENDOHEDRALS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; FULLERENE CAGES; MOLECULAR NANOSTRUCTURES; NANO SCALE; NANO-MATERIALS; NON EQUILIBRIUM; P-TYPE; PRISTINE FULLERENES; SINGLE ATOMS;

CAGES (MINE HOISTS); DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; FULLERENES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ATOMS;

EID: 77952732055     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz100360t     Document Type: Article

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