Single-molecule circuits with well-defined molecular conductance

Nano Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 458-462

  Venkataraman, Latha ^a,b   Klare, Jennifer E ^b   Tam, Iris W ^b   Nuckolls, Colin ^b   Hybertsen, Mark S ^a,b   Steigerwald, Michael L ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE-TERMINATED MOLECULES; DITHIOL-AU JUNCTIONS; ELECTRONIC COUPLING;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; GOLD; HYDROCARBONS; POINT CONTACTS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

AMINES;

EID: 33645382383     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl052373+     Document Type: Article

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