Discrete charging effects in gold nanoclusters grown on self-assembled monolayers

Science and Technology of Advanced Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 283-287

  Fujita, Daisuke ^a   Ohnishi, K ^a   Ohgi, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Au(111); Coulomb blockade; Dithiol; Gold; Nanocluster; Self assembled monolayers

Indexed keywords

COULOMB BLOCKADE; ELECTRONS; GOLD; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

NANOCLUSTERS GROWTH;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 0036903546     PISSN: 14686996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1468-6996(02)00027-X     Document Type: Article

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