Effects of hydration on molecular junction transport

Nature Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 901-908

  Long, David P ^a   Lazorcik, Jason L ^a   Mantooth, Brent A ^a   Moore, Martin H ^b   Ratner, Mark A ^c   Troisi, Alessandro ^d   Yao, Yuxing ^e   Ciszek, Jacob W ^e   Tour, James M ^e   Shashidhar, Ranganathan ^a  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^e RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; HYDRATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

INELASTIC ELECTRON TUNNELLING SPECTROSCOPY (IETS); MICROSPHERE JUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR JUNCTION TRANSPORT; THIOL MONOLAYERS;

CHARGE TRANSFER;

GOLD; SULFUR; THIOL DERIVATIVE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; METHODOLOGY;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GOLD; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SULFUR; WATER;

EID: 33750450504     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1754     Document Type: Article

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