Effect of length on the position of negative differential resistance and realization of multifunction in fused oligothiophenes based molecular device

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 138, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Fan, Jiaping ^a   Gathitu, Nahashon Ndegwa ^a   Chang, Yingfei ^a   Zhang, Jingping ^a  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRST-PRINCIPLES DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; MOLECULAR DEVICE; NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL RESISTANCES; NON-EQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTION; OLIGOTHIOPHENES; TRANSMISSION PROPERTY;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; THIOPHENE;

NEGATIVE RESISTANCE;

EID: 84874516987     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4790805     Document Type: Article

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