Influence of linker molecules on charge transport through self-assembled single-nanoparticle devices

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2005, Pages

  Zabet Khosousi, Amir ^a   Suganuma, Yoshinori ^a   Lopata, Kenneth ^a   Trudeau, Paul Emile ^a   Dhirani, Al Amin ^a   Statt, Bryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSPORT; ELECTRON CHARGING; NANOPARTICLES; SINGLE ELECTRON DEVICES;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRONS; MONOLAYERS; REDOX REACTIONS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

MOLECULES;

EID: 18244391471     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.096801     Document Type: Article

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