Double-tunnel nanoscale switch with a redox mediator: Operational principles and tunneling spectroscopy

ChemPhysChem

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 583-586

  Kornyshev, A A ^a   Kuznetsov, A M ^a,c   Ulstrup, J ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c FRUMKIN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY AND ELECTROCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Conducting materials; Electrochemistry; Molecular devices; Nanoparticles; Scanning probe microscopy

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; NANOPARTICLES; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

CONDUCTING MATERIALS; DOUBLE TUNNELS; ELECTRONIC SWITCHES; MOLECULAR DEVICE; OPERATIONAL PRINCIPLES; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; REDOX MEDIATORS; TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRIC SWITCHES;

EID: 17744375605     PISSN: 14394235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200400586     Document Type: Article

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