Transient photocurrent in molecular junctions: Singlet switching on and triplet blocking

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 138, Issue 18, 2013, Pages

  Petrov, E G ^a   Leonov, V O ^a   Snitsarev, V ^b  

^a BOGOLYUBOV INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC EXPRESSIONS; CHARGE TRANSMISSIONS; CURRENT COMPONENT; KINETIC APPROACH; MOLECULAR DIODES; MOLECULAR JUNCTION; PHOTOCHROMIC MOLECULES; TRANSIENT PHOTOCURRENTS;

MOLECULES;

POWER QUALITY;

EID: 84877943268     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4803697     Document Type: Article

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