A bond-fluctuation mechanism for stochastic switching in wired molecules

Science

Volumn 300, Issue 5624, 2003, Pages 1413-1416

  Ramachandran, Ganesh K ^a   Hopson, Theresa J ^b   Rawtett, Adam M ^c   Nagahara, Larry A ^b   Primak, Alex ^a   Lindsay, Stuart M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL BONDS; CONFORMATIONS; SWITCHING;

WIRED MOLECULES;

MOLECULES;

DITHIOL DERIVATIVE; GOLD; OCTANE; SILVER;

CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL BOND; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; GENE SWITCHING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RING CHROMOSOME; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0037766064     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1083825     Document Type: Article

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