Fatty acid-based monoelectron device

Biosensors and Bioelectronics

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 601-606

  Erokhin, Victor ^a   Facci, Paolo ^b   Carrara, Sandro ^b   Nicolini, Claudio ^b  

^a Fondazione ELBA Rome   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Langmuir Blodgett films; Nanoparticles; PbS; Single electron conductivity; STM

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON TUNNELING; FATTY ACIDS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; SOLID STATE DEVICES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

COULOMB BLOCKADE; COULOMB STAIRCASE; MONOELECTRON DEVICE; SINGLE ELECTRON CONDUCTIVITY;

LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS;

FATTY ACID; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; PARTICLE SIZE; SEMICONDUCTOR; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0030752594     PISSN: 09565663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-5663(96)00078-4     Document Type: Article

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