Towards molecular electronics with large-area molecular junctions

Nature

Volumn 441, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-72

  Akkerman, Hylke B ^a   Blom, Paul W M ^a   De Leeuw, Dago M ^b   De Boer, Bert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIODES; MONOLAYERS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRODES; LITHOGRAPHY;

ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; MOLECULAR JUNCTIONS; BENCHMARK NANOPORE DIODES; DISCRETE TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR DIODES; MOLECULAR TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

POWER ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

CHROMIUM; GOLD; METAL; NANOPARTICLE; OXIDE; SILICON; POLYMER;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRODYNAMICS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POROSITY; PROBE; TUNNEL;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; DENSITY; DEVICE; DIODE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRONICS; MATERIAL COATING; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYER; SEMICONDUCTOR; VAPOR; ELECTRODE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; POROSITY; QUALITY CONTROL; SYNTHESIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 33744788417     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04699     Document Type: Article

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