Control of topography, stress and diffusion at molecule-metal interfaces

Nanotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1272-1277

  Zhitenev, Nikolai B ^a   Jiang, Weirong ^a,b   Erbe, Artur ^c   Bao, Zhenan ^d   Garfunkel, Eric ^b   Tennant, Donald M ^a   Cirelli, Raymond A ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^d Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; DIFFUSION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MONOLAYERS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

METAL-MOLECULE-METAL JUNCTIONS; ORGANIC MOLECULES;

STRESS CONCENTRATION;

EID: 33144488068     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/17/5/019     Document Type: Article

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