Photoinduced switching of the current through a single molecule: Effects of surface plasmon excitations of the leads

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 446-452

  Zelinskyy, Yaroslav ^a,b   May, Volkhard ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BOGOLYUBOV INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

current voltage characteristics; density matrix theory; Molecular junction; photoinduced current switch; plasmon enhancement

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCES; CURRENT SWITCHES; DENSITY MATRIX THEORY; LOW VOLTAGES; MOLECULAR CHARGING; MOLECULAR EXCITATIONS; MOLECULAR JUNCTION; NANO-ELECTRODES; OSCILLATOR STRENGTHS; PHOTO-INDUCED; PHOTOINDUCED CURRENTS; PLASMON EXCITATIONS; SINGLE MOLECULE; SURFACE PLASMON EXCITATION; TRANSMISSION SCHEMES;

ELECTRODES; EXCITATION ENERGY; MOLECULES; TRANSMISSIONS;

PLASMONS;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; LIGHT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; LIGHT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84855774137     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl203805y     Document Type: Article

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