End group effect on electrical transport through individual molecules: A microscopic study

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Xue, Yongqiang ^a   Ratner, Mark A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GOLD; METAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONDUCTANCE; DEVICE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULE;

EID: 1842563803     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.085403     Document Type: Article

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