Electrical rectification by a molecule: The advent of unimolecular electronic devices

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 950-957

  Metzger, Robert Melville ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEVICE; ELECTRONICS; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; POLYMERIZATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REVIEW; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0032720559     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar9900663     Document Type: Review

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