Molecular rectifying diodes from self-assembly on silicon

Nano Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 741-746

  Lenfant, Stéphane ^a   Krzeminski, Christophe ^a   Delerue, Christophe ^a   Allan, Guy ^a   Vuillaume, Dominique ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

SILICON;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIODE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LIGHT; MOLECULE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0141633003     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl034162f     Document Type: Article

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