In situ wiring of single molecules into an electrical circuit via electrochemical distance tunneling spectroscopy

Langmuir

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 5205-5208

  Wierzbinski, Emil ^a,b   Slowinski, Krzysztof ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANEDITHIOL MOLECULES; ELECTROCHEMICAL DISTANCE TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY; IN SITU WIRING; STM BREAK JUNCTIONS;

ALCOHOLS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; SOLUTIONS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

NETWORKS (CIRCUITS);

HYDROXIDE; POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HYDROXIDES; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33745447205     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la060814e     Document Type: Article

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