Simultaneous determination of conductance and thermopower of single molecule junctions

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 354-358

  Widawsky, Jonathan R ^a   Darancet, Pierre ^b   Neaton, Jeffrey B ^b   Venkataraman, Latha ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

density functional theory; molecular conductance; Molecular thermopower; single molecule

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; MOLECULAR CONDUCTANCE; POWER FACTORS; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT; SELF ENERGY; SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATIONS; SINGLE MOLECULE; SINGLE-MOLECULE JUNCTIONS; THERMOELECTRIC CURRENTS; THERMOPOWERS;

ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MOLECULES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PYRIDINE; SEEBECK COEFFICIENT; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; THERMOELECTRICITY;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDUCTOMETRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; METHODOLOGY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR; THERMOGRAPHY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDUCTOMETRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING TUNNELING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTORS; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84855806316     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl203634m     Document Type: Article

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