Noble metal nanoparticles deposited on self-assembled monolayers by pulsed laser deposition show coulomb blockade at room temperature

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Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 395-398

  Speets, Emiel A ^a   Dordi, Barbara ^a   Ravoo, Bart Jan ^a   Oncel, Nuri ^a   Hallbäck, Ann Sofie ^a   Zandvliet, Harold J W ^a   Poelsema, Bene ^a   Rijnders, Guns ^a   Blank, Dave H A ^a   Reinhoudt, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coulomb blockade; Molecular electronics; Nanoparticles; Pulsed laser deposition; Self assembled monolayers

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; COULOMB BLOCKADE; ELECTRIC INSULATION; GOLD; MONOLAYERS; PRECIOUS METALS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLY; SUBSTRATES;

ALKYLTHIOLATE; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; NANOMETER-SIZED METAL CLUSTERS; NANOPARTICLES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICITY; LASER; LIGHT; MOLECULAR PROBE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSDUCER;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC WIRING; GOLD; LASERS; LIGHT; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING TUNNELING; MOLECULAR PROBES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 33645367105     PISSN: 16136810     EISSN: 16136829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smll.200400126     Document Type: Article

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