Charge control in a model biphenyl molecular transistor

Nano Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 921-924

  Lang, Norton D ^a,b   Solomon, Paul M ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPHENYL; CHARGE CONTROL; ELECTROSTATIC COUPLING; MOLECULAR TRANSISTOR;

ANISOTROPY; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODES; ELECTROSTATICS; HEAT CONDUCTION; POLARIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

BIPHENYL; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROELECTRODE; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROSTATICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICROELECTRODES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 19944416228     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl050449w     Document Type: Article

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