Molecular origins of conduction channels observed in shot-noise measurements

Nano Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2431-2437

  Solomon, Gemma C ^a   Gagliardi, Alessio ^b,c   Pecchia, Alessandro ^d   Frauenheim, Thomas ^c   Di Carlo, Aldo ^d   Reimers, Jeffrey R ^a   Hush, Noel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; SHOT NOISE; WAVE INTERFERENCE; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

CONDUCTION CHANNELS; MOLECULAR-CONDUCTANCE ORBITALS; NOISE MEASUREMENTS;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL;

1,4 BENZENEDITHIOL; 1,4-BENZENEDITHIOL; NANOMATERIAL; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ENERGY TRANSFER; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ENERGY TRANSFER; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33846218252     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl0614516     Document Type: Article

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