Fabrication and transport properties of single-molecule-thick electrochemical junctions

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 122, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 5831-5840

  Wong, Eric W ^a   Collier, Charles P ^a   Běhloradský, Martin ^a   Raymo, Françisco M ^a   Stoddart, J Fraser ^a   Heath, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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ARTICLE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0034697672     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja993890v     Document Type: Article

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