Level alignments and coupling strengths in conductance histograms: The information content of a single channel peak

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5937-5942

  Williams, Patrick D ^a,b   Reuter, Matthew G ^b  

^a Oak Ridge High School   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTANCE HISTOGRAMS; COUPLING STRENGTHS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROCESS; INFORMATION CONTENTS; NON-RESONANT TUNNELING; PHYSICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSPORT MECHANISM;

ALIGNMENT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

GRAPHIC METHODS;

EID: 84875437948     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp310180s     Document Type: Article

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