Single-molecule electrical junctions

Annual Review of Physical Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue , 2006, Pages 593-623

  Selzer, Yoram ^a   Allara, David L ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kondo effect; Molecular electronics; Single electron transistor

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

COULOMB DIAMOND; KONDO EFFECT; SEQUENTIAL TUNNELING; SINGLE-ELECTRON TRANSISTOR;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 33646753024     PISSN: 0066426X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.physchem.57.032905.104709     Document Type: Conference Paper

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