A molecular switch based on potential-induced changes of oxidation state

Nano Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 503-506

  Chen, Fan ^a   He, Jin ^a   Nuckolls, Colin ^a   Roberts, Tucker ^a   Klare, Jennifer E ^a   Lindsay, Stuart ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR SWITCHES; POLYANILINE; POTENTIAL CONTROL; TRANSITION STATES;

ACIDITY; CATALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTES; GOLD; OLIGOMERS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; OXIDATION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SWITCHES;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE;

ANILINE DERIVATIVE; GOLD; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EVALUATION; IMPEDANCE; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR COMPUTER; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANILINE COMPOUNDS; COMPUTERS, MOLECULAR; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GOLD; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 16244380443     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl0478474     Document Type: Article

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