Conductance switching in a molecular device: The role of side groups and intermolecular interactions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Taylor, Jeremy ^a   Brandbyge, Mads ^a   Stokbro, Kurt ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; DEVICE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 0242440304     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.68.121101     Document Type: Article

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