Precision control of single-molecule electrical junctions

Nature Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 995-1002

  Haiss, Wolfgang ^a   Wang, Changsheng ^b   Grace, Iain ^c   Batsanov, Andrei S ^b   Schiffrin, David J ^a   Higgins, Simon J ^a   Bryce, Martin R ^b   Lambert, Colin J ^c   Nichols, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FERMI LEVEL; PROBES; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CONTACT SPACING; ELECTRICAL RESPONSE; MOLECULAR JUNCTIONS; TILT ANGLES;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 33751557953     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1781     Document Type: Article

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