Ru2(ap)4(σ-oligo(phenyleneethynyl)) molecular wires: Synthesis and electronic characterization

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 28, 2005, Pages 10010-10011

  Blum, Amy Szuchmacher ^a   Ren, Tong ^b   Parish, Damon A ^a   Trammell, Scott A ^a   Moore, M H ^a   Kushmerick, James G ^a   Xu, Guo Lin ^b   Deschamps, Jeffrey R ^a   Pollack, Steven K ^a   Shashidhar, Ranganathan ^a,c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYNE; ETHYNYLENE; OLIGOMER; OLIGOPHENYLENE; RUTHENIUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CONJUGATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONICS; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 22244457407     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja052604e     Document Type: Article

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