Interference-induced electron- and hole-conduction asymmetry

Theoretical Chemistry Accounts

Volumn 130, Issue 4-6, 2011, Pages 815-828

  Wohlthat, Sören ^a   Solomon, Gemma C ^b   Hush, Noel S ^a,c   Reimers, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electron transfer; Electron hole conduction asymmetry; Interference; Polyradicals; Single molecule conductivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 81855194470     PISSN: 1432881X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00214-011-1045-2     Document Type: Review

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