Formation of metal-molecule-metal tunnel junctions: Microcontacts to alkanethiol monolayers with a conducting AFM tip [14]

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2970-2971

  Wold, David J ^a   Frisbie, C Daniel ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LETTER; METAL BINDING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0034728651     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja994468h     Document Type: Letter

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