Influence of vibrations on electron transport through nanoscale contacts

Physica Status Solidi (B) Basic Research

Volumn 250, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2468-2480

  Bürkle, Marius ^a,f   Viljas, Janne K ^b,c   Hellmuth, Thomas J ^a   Scheer, Elke ^d   Weigend, Florian ^e   Schön, Gerd ^a,e   Pauly, Fabian ^d  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^e KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Density functional theory; Electron vibration interaction; Molecular electronics; Quantum transport

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRON TUNNELING; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; ELECTRON-VIBRATION INTERACTIONS; FIRST ORDER DERIVATIVES; INELASTIC ELECTRON TUNNELING; MECHANICAL STRETCHING; QUANTUM TRANSPORT; SEMI-ANALYTICAL APPROACHES; SINGLE-MOLECULE JUNCTIONS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84887227108     PISSN: 03701972     EISSN: 15213951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssb.201350212     Document Type: Article

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