Single- and multigrain nanojunctions with a self-assembled monolayer of conjugated molecules

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 18, 2004, Pages

  Zhitenev, N B ^a   Erbe, A ^a   Bao, Z ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TUNNELING; ENERGY GAP; EVAPORATION; FABRICATION; METALLIC FILMS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; QUARTZ; SELF ASSEMBLY; THIN FILMS;

CONJUGATED MOLECULES; NANOJUNCTIONS; SINGLE-GRAIN JUNCTIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

EID: 2942683359     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.186805     Document Type: Article

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