Measurement of the conductance of a hydrogen molecule

Nature

Volumn 419, Issue 6910, 2002, Pages 906-909

  Smit, R H M ^a   Noat, Y ^a,d   Untiedt, C ^a   Lang, N D ^b   Van Hemert, M C ^c   Van Ruitenbeek, J M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIODES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRODES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLATINUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SWITCHES;

MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS;

HYDROGEN;

HYDROGEN; METAL; PLATINUM;

ELECTRODE; HYDROGEN; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; ENERGY; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0037206850     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01103     Document Type: Article

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