Electromechanical and conductance switching properties of single oligothiophene molecules

Nano Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1491-1495

  Xu, Bingqian Q ^a   Li, Xiulan L ^a   Xiao, Xiaoyin Y ^a   Sakaguchi, Hiroshi ^b   Tao, Nongjian J ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTANCE SWITCHING; ELECTROCHEMICAL GATES; ELECTRONIC STATES; OLIGOTHIOPHENE MOLECULES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; GOLD; OXIDATION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SWITCHING;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

MOLECULAR MOTOR; NANOMATERIAL; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MACROMOLECULE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANICS; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTOR;

ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTORS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THIOPHENES;

EID: 23144456423     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl050860j     Document Type: Article

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