Distance dependence of electron tunneling through self-assembled monolayers measured by conducting probe atomic force microscopy: Unsaturated versus saturated molecular junctions

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2813-2816

  Wold, David J ^a   Haag, Rainer ^b   Rampi, Maria Anita ^c   Frisbie, C Daniel ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR JUNCTIONS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON TUNNELING; GOLD; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS;

SELF ASSEMBLY;

EID: 0037149819     PISSN: 10895647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp013476t     Document Type: Article

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