The Substituent Effect on Nonlinear Current Voltage Characteristics in a Two-Terminal Molecular Electronic Device

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 275-279

  Matsunaga, Nikita ^a   Sohlberg, Karl ^b  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Current voltage characteristics; Molecular junction; Quantum chemical calculations; Substituent effect; Tunneling model

Indexed keywords

EUROPIUM; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; QUANTUM DYE MACROCYCLIC EUROPIUM CHELATE; QUANTUM DYE MACROCYCLIC EUROPIUM-CHELATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SEMICONDUCTOR;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRONICS; ELECTRONS; ELECTROSTATICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; EUROPIUM; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 0038255119     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2001.048     Document Type: Article

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