Are single molecular wires conducting?

Science

Volumn 271, Issue 5256, 1996, Pages 1705-1707

  Bumm, L A ^a   Arnold, J J ^a   Cygan, M T ^a   Dunbar, T D ^a   Burgin, T P ^b   Jones II, L ^b   Allara, D L ^a   Tour, J M ^b   Weiss, P S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DERIVATIVES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES; MONOLAYERS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SILVER; SUBSTRATES; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

INSERTED CONJUGATED MOLECULES; MOLECULAR WIRES; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYER;

WIRE;

EID: 0030110164     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.271.5256.1705     Document Type: Article

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