Conductive Probe AFM Measurements of Conjugated Molecular Wires

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1006, Issue , 2003, Pages 164-186

  Ishida, Takao ^a   Mizutani, Wataru ^a   Liang, Tien Tzu ^a   Azehara, Hiroaki ^a   Miyake, Koji ^a   Sasaki, Shinya ^a   Tokumoto, Hiroshi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conjugated molecule; CP AFM; OPV; Self assembled monolayer; Transconductance decay constants

Indexed keywords

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; OLIGOMER; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONJUGATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 0346689982     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1292.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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