Covalently bridging-gaps in single-walled carbon nanotubes with conducting molecules

Science

Volumn 311, Issue 5759, 2006, Pages 356-359

  Guo, Xuefeng ^a   Small, Joshua P ^a,b   Klare, Jennifer E ^a   Wang, Yiliang ^a   Purewal, Meninder S ^a,b   Tam, Iris W ^a   Hong, Byung Hee ^a,b   Caldwell, Robert ^a,b   Huang, Limin ^a,b   O'Brien, Stephen ^a,b   Yan, Jiaming ^a   Breslow, Ronald ^a   Wind, Shalom J ^a,b   Hone, James ^a,b   Kim, Philip ^a,b   Nuckolls, Colin ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CUTTING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

METAL SURFACE; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; WIRE MOLECULES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

AMIDE; AMINE; CARBON NANOTUBE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; METAL;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; COVALENT BOND; DERIVATIZATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTRONICS; OXIDATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 31144453261     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1120986     Document Type: Article

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