External field control of charge transmission through single molecules: Switching effects and transient currents

Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 660, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 320-331

  Wang, Luxia ^a   May, Volkhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charge transmission through single molecules; Current voltage characteristics; External field induced current switch; Non equilibrium vibrational distribution; Transient currents

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC STATES; LASER EXCITATION; MOLECULES; POWER QUALITY;

CHARGED STATE; ELECTRON TRANSFER; EXCITED ELECTRONIC STATE; EXTERNAL FIELDS; EXTERNAL LASER PULSE; NANO-ELECTRODES; NON EQUILIBRIUM; RATE EQUATIONS; SINGLE MOLECULE; SWITCHING EFFECT; TRANSIENT BEHAVIOR; TRANSIENT CURRENT; TRANSIENT CURRENTS; TRANSMISSION CHANNELS; VIBRATIONAL RELAXATION;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 80053098811     PISSN: 15726657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2011.01.027     Document Type: Article

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