The electrical measurement of molecular junctions

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 852, Issue , 1998, Pages 133-144

  Reed, M A ^a   Zhou, C ^a   Deshpande, M R ^a   Muller, C J ^a   Burgin, T P ^b   Jones II, L ^b   Tour, J M ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 THIOACETYLBIPHENYL; BENZENE 1,4 DITHIOL; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; GOLD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ION TRANSPORT; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 0031822757     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb09868.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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