Gate-controlled current and inelastic electron tunneling spectrum of benzene: A self-consistent study

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 134, Issue 14, 2011, Pages

  Liang, Y Y ^a   Chen, H ^b   Mizuseki, H ^a   Kawazoe, Y ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC TUNNELING; GATE FIELD; GATE VOLTAGES; INELASTIC ELECTRON TUNNELING SPECTRA; INELASTIC TUNNELING; MOLECULAR JUNCTION; NON-EQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTION; PHENYL RINGS; SELF-CONSISTENT BORN APPROXIMATION; VIBRATIONAL MODES;

BENZENE; BORN APPROXIMATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

ELECTRON TUNNELING;

EID: 79954622989     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3571475     Document Type: Article

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