The role of the tip symmetry on the STM topography of π-conjugated molecules

Physica Status Solidi (B) Basic Research

Volumn 250, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2444-2451

  Siegert, Benjamin ^a   Donarini, Andrea ^a   Grifoni, Milena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electronic transport; Molecular electronics; Reduced density matrix; Scanning tunneling microscopy

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; QUANTUM THEORY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR WAVES; TOPOGRAPHY;

CONJUGATED MOLECULES; EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; GENERALIZED MASTER EQUATIONS; LINEAR COMBINATIONS; REDUCED-DENSITY MATRIX; THIN INSULATING FILM; TUNNELING MATRIX ELEMENT;

MOLECULES;

EID: 84887260316     PISSN: 03701972     EISSN: 15213951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssb.201350002     Document Type: Article

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