Towards individual molecules as electronic components

IEE Proceedings: Circuits, Devices and Systems

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 452-456

  Peterson, I R ^a   Metzger, R M ^b  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

CHARGE TRANSPORT MECHANISMS; ELECTROACTIVE ORGANIC MOLECULES; ELECTRONIC FUNCTIONALITY; ORGANIC MOLECULES; ULTRATHIN LAYERS;

MOLECULES;

EID: 11044219964     PISSN: 13502409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-cds:20040990     Document Type: Article

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