Anomalous I-V curve for mono-atomic carbon chains

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Song, Bo ^a   Sanvito, Stefano ^b   Fang, Haiping ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (China)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC CARBON; BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; CARBON ATOMS; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; GOLD ELECTRODES; I - V CURVE; MOLECULAR DEVICE; NANO SCALE; NON-EQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTION;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GREEN'S FUNCTION; SULFUR; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ATOMS;

EID: 77958525265     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/12/10/103017     Document Type: Article

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