Investigation of the conducting properties of a photoswitching dithienylethene molecule

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2635-2642

  Odell, Anders ^a   Delin, Anna ^a   Johansson, Börje ^a,c   Rungger, Ivan ^b   Sanvito, Stefano ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Density functional theory; Electron transport; Molecular conduction; Molecular electronics; Nonequilibrium Greens function theory; Opto electronics; Photoswitching; Polarization; Rehybridization; Self consistent

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR CONDUCTION; NON EQUILIBRIUM; OPTO-ELECTRONICS; PHOTOSWITCHING; RE-HYBRIDIZATION; SELF-CONSISTENT;

CONFORMATIONS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MOLECULES; POLARIZATION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 77952903614     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn100217r     Document Type: Article

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