Quantum interference effects at room temperature in OPV-based single-molecule junctions

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Arroyo, Carlos R ^a   Frisenda, Riccardo ^a   Moth Poulsen, Kasper ^b,c   Seldenthuis, Johannes S ^a   Bjørnholm, Thomas ^b   van der Zant, Herre SJ ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Break junctions; Non equilibrium Green s functions; Quantum interference; Single molecule transport

Indexed keywords

INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICES; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE PHENOMENA;

BREAK JUNCTIONS; DESTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE EFFECTS; S FUNCTION; SINGLE MOLECULE; SINGLE-MOLECULE JUNCTIONS; TRANSMISSION COEFFICIENTS;

MOLECULES;

EID: 84965176279     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-234     Document Type: Article

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