Theory of Inelastic Electron-Molecule Interactions in Tunnel Junctions

20 March 1967

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 18 (12), 459-461
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.18.459

Abstract

The excess tunneling current due to inelastic electron-molecule interactions near the metal-insulator interface is calculated. The expression for the second derivative of this excess current is proportional to the dipole spectral weight function of the molecule.

Keywords

ELECTRON MOLECULE
INELASTIC ELECTRON
MOLECULE INTERACTIONS
FUNCTION
TUNNELING CURRENT
EXCESS CURRENT
SECOND DERIVATIVE
METAL INSULATOR

This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:

Molecular Vibration Spectra by Electron Tunneling
Physical Review Letters, 1966
Strong-Coupling Superconductivity. I
Physical Review B, 1966
SURFACE HYDROXYL GROUPS ON γ-ALUMINA¹
The Journal of Physical Chemistry, 1960

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