Interaction-induced negative differential resistance in asymmetric molecular junctions

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 134, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Leijnse, M ^a   Sun, W ^a,b   Nielsen, M Brndsted ^c   Hedegrd, P ^a   Flensberg, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; MASTER EQUATIONS; MOLECULAR JUNCTION; NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL RESISTANCES; OLIGOPHENYLENEETHYNYLENES; ORBITALS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY CALCULATIONS; TUNNEL COUPLING;

ELECTRON-ELECTRON INTERACTIONS; MOLECULES; NEGATIVE RESISTANCE; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 79952672379     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3560474     Document Type: Article

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