Green's function formalism coupled with Gaussian broadening of discrete states for quantum transport: Application to atomic and molecular wires

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 121, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 8050-8057

  Tada, Tomofumi ^a   Kondo, Masakazu ^a   Yoshizawa, Kazunari ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ATOMIC WIRES; MOLECULAR JUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR WIRES; QUANTUM TRANSPORT;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 8344285765     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1799991     Document Type: Article

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