An introduction to the formulation of steady-state transport through molecular junctions

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2010, Pages

  Peskin, Uri ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODE SYSTEMS; ELECTRON HOPPING; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; LANDAUER; MODEL HAMILTONIANS; MOLECULAR JUNCTION; MOLECULAR STATE; NEUMANN EQUATION; PROJECTION OPERATOR; QUANTUM KINETIC; QUANTUM-SCATTERING THEORY; RESONANT TRANSPORT; SINGLE-PARTICLE; STEADY-STATE CURRENTS; STEADY-STATE TRANSPORT; TIGHT BINDING MODEL; TIME-DEPENDENT; TRANSMISSION FUNCTION;

MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; QUANTUM THEORY; RATE CONSTANTS;

QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

EID: 77956337787     PISSN: 09534075     EISSN: 13616455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/43/15/153001     Document Type: Article

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