The smallest molecular switch

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 18, 2003, Pages

  Emberly, Eldon G ^a   Kirczenow, George ^b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CHEMICAL BONDS; CONFORMATIONS; ELECTRODES; GOLD; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SWITCHING; WIRE;

MOLECULAR WIRES; NANOELECTRODES;

MOLECULAR PHYSICS;

EID: 0348166032     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.188301     Document Type: Article

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