Conductance scaling of molecular wires in parallel

Nano Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 897-900

  Kushmerick, J G ^a   Naciri, J ^a   Yang, J C ^a   Shashidhar, R ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; DEVICE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NANOPARTICLE;

EID: 0141629832     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl034201n     Document Type: Article

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