Making electrical contact to single molecules

Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 177-183

  Fritzsche, Wolfgang ^a   Böhm, Konrad ^b   Unger, Eberhard ^b   Köhler, J Michael ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRON BEAM-INDUCED DEPOSITION (EBD); SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY; VIDEO-ENHANCED MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRIC CONTACTS;

EID: 0032156459     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/9/3/006     Document Type: Article

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