High-conductance states of single benzenedithiol molecules

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 16, 2006, Pages

  Tsutsui, Makusu ^a   Teramae, Yumi ^a   Kurokawa, Shu ^a   Sakai, Akira ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; GOLD; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

1,4-BENZENEDITHIOL (BDT); BREAK JUNCTION TECHNIQUE; HISTOGRAMS; PEAK STRUCTURES;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33750179325     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2363995     Document Type: Article

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