Metal clusters - new perspectives in future nanoelectronics

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 204-212

  Schmid, Günter ^a   Hornyak, Gabor L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

AFM atomic force microscopy; Cel electronic specific heat; DNA deoxyribonucleic acid; DppmH diphenylphosphinomethane; LCN linked cluster network; LED light emitting diode; LSC ligand stabilized cluster; PAH Poly(alkylaminehydrochloride)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009837502     PISSN: 13590286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1359-0286(97)80067-8     Document Type: Review

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