Effect of anchoring groups on single-molecule conductance: Comparative study of thiol-, amine-, and carboxylic-acid-terminated molecules

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 128, Issue 49, 2006, Pages 15874-15881

  Chen, Fang ^a   Li, Xiulan ^a   Hihath, Joshua ^a   Huang, Zhifeng ^a   Tao, Nongjian ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ELECTRODES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PARAFFINS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DITHIOLS; MOLECULAR LENGTH; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TEMPERATURE INDEPENDENCE;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

ALKANE; AMINE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; DIAMINE; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; GOLD; THIOL;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; HISTOGRAM; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; PH; PROTON TRANSPORT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 33845466868     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja065864k     Document Type: Article

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