Electronic transport through a C60-nXn (X=N and B) molecular bridge

Molecular Physics

Volumn 109, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1821-1829

  Yaghobi, Mojtaba ^a   Yuonesi, Mohamad ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

doped fullerenes; electronic transport; negative differential resistance; non equilibrium Green's function

Indexed keywords

CONTACT GEOMETRY; DOPED FULLERENE; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR BRIDGES; NANO SCALE; NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL RESISTANCES; NITROGEN ATOM; NON-EQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTION; TRANSMISSION COEFFICIENTS; TRANSPORT BEHAVIOR;

BORON; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON-PHONON INTERACTIONS; GREEN'S FUNCTION;

NEGATIVE RESISTANCE;

EID: 79961011794     PISSN: 00268976     EISSN: 13623028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2011.593567     Document Type: Article

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