Photoconductive coaxial nanotubes of molecularly connected electron donor and acceptor layers

Science

Volumn 314, Issue 5806, 2006, Pages 1761-1764

  Yamamoto, Yohei ^a   Fukushima, Takanori ^a,b   Suna, Yuki ^a   Ishii, Noriyuki ^c   Saeki, Akinori ^d   Seki, Shu ^d   Tagawa, Seiichi ^d   Taniguchi, Masateru ^d   Kawai, Tomoji ^d   Aida, Takuzo ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITIZATION; LAMINATES; NANOTUBES; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; PHOTOCURRENTS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

ELECTRON DONORS; HEXABENZOCORONENE; NANOMETERS; NANOTUBULAR STRUCTURE;

PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

AMPHOPHILE; CORONENE; FLUORENONE DERIVATIVE; GRAPHITE; HEXABENZOCORONENE; MOLECULAR LAYER; NANOTUBE; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; TRINITROFLUORENONE;

NANOTECHNOLOGY; PAH; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONDUCTANCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; IRRADIATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33845716101     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1134441     Document Type: Article

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