Designing molecular devices by altering bond lengths

Journal of Molecular Modeling

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3251-3255

  Lamba, Vijay ^a   Wilkinson, Suman J ^b   Arora, Charu ^c  

^a HCTM Kaithal   (India)

^b BANASTHALI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c VICT Meerut   (India)

Author keywords

Bond length; Extended H ckel theory; NEGF; SCF; Two probe systems

Indexed keywords

NANOWIRE;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; DEVICES; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRONICS; MOLECULAR DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BENZENE DERIVATIVES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRONICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOWIRES; POLYMERS;

EID: 84855649536     PISSN: 16102940     EISSN: 09485023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00894-011-1013-8     Document Type: Article

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