First-principles investigation of transient current in molecular devices by using complex absorbing potentials

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 20, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Lei ^a   Chen, Jian ^a   Wang, Jian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84877913056     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.205401     Document Type: Article

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