Coherent electron-nuclear coupling in oligothiophene molecular wires

Nature Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 975-979

  Repp, Jascha ^a,b   Liljeroth, Peter ^a,c   Meyer, Gerhard ^a  

^a IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRON TUNNELING; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULES; NANOWIRES;

BORN-OPPENHEIMER APPROXIMATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRON-VIBRATION COUPLINGS; FRANCK-CONDON PRINCIPLE; MECHANICAL CONTROL; NON-BORN OPPENHEIMER; VIBRATIONAL ENERGIES; VIBRONIC EXCITATION;

WIRE;

EID: 78649900440     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1802     Document Type: Article

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