Low-bias conductance of single benzene molecules contacted by direct Au-C and Pt-C bonds

Nanotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 49, 2010, Pages

  Ma, Guohui ^a   Shen, Xin ^a,b   Sun, Lili ^a   Zhang, Ruoxing ^a   Wei, Peng ^a   Sanvito, Stefano ^c   Hou, Shimin ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b East China Normal University   (China)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO APPROACH; ATOMIC ORBITAL; ATOP SITES; AU(111) SURFACES; BENZENE MOLECULES; BRIDGE SITES; CONDUCTING STATE; EFFICIENT COUPLING; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; FUNCTIONALS; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; MOLECULAR ELECTRONIC DEVICE; MOLECULAR JUNCTION; NON-EQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTION; PLATINUM ELECTRODES; PT ELECTRODE; PT(111); ZERO-BIAS CONDUCTANCE;

ADATOMS; BENZENE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRODES; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MOLECULES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

PLATINUM;

EID: 78650166316     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/49/495202     Document Type: Article

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