Covalently Bonded Organic Monolayers on a Carbon Substrate: A New Paradigm for Molecular Electronics

Nano Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 491-494

  Ranganathan, Srikanth ^a   Steidel, Ilson ^a   Anariba, Franklin ^a   McCreery, Richard L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001030298     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl015566f     Document Type: Article

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