Gold-nanoparticle-enhanced current transport through nanometer-scale insulating layers

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 45, Issue 38, 2006, Pages 6325-6328

  Jin, Yongdong ^a   Cahen, David ^a   Friedman, Noga ^a   Sheves, Mordechai ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Current enhancement; Current transport; Electric field effects; Gold; Nanostructures

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; GOLD COMPOUNDS; INSULATING MATERIALS; MONOLAYERS;

CURRENT ENHANCEMENT; CURRENT TRANSPORT;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33749255364     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200602215     Document Type: Article

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