Long-range electron transfer through monolayers and bilayers of alkanethiols in electrochemically controlled Hg-Hg tunneling junctions

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 125, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 5948-5953

  York, Roger L ^a   Nguyen, Phuong T ^a   Slowinski, Krzysztof ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSFER;

ELECTRON TUNNELING; MERCURY (METAL); MOLECULES; MONOLAYERS; OXIDATION;

ALCOHOLS;

1 HEXANETHIOL; 1 NONANETHIOL; 1 OCTADECANETHIOL; 1 OCTANETHIOL; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; MERCURY; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLOW; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MICROMANIPULATION; OXIDATION; STEADY STATE;

EID: 0038295856     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0211353     Document Type: Article

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