Tuning the transport properties of a (C60)2 bridge with electron and hole dopings

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Zheng, X H ^a   Wang, X L ^a   Dai, Z X ^a   Zeng, Z ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B ATOMS; ENERGY LEVEL; EQUILIBRIUM CONDUCTANCE; MOLECULAR DEVICE; MOLECULAR ENERGY LEVELS; NON EQUILIBRIUM; SINGLE MOLECULE; TRANSPORT BEHAVIOR;

ATOMS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIMERS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; FERMI LEVEL; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TUNING;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

EID: 79551591293     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3548883     Document Type: Article

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