Effect of chemical bond type on electron transport in GaAs-chemical bond-alkyl/Hg junctions

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 734-735

  Nesher, Guy ^a   Shpaisman, Hagay ^a   Cahen, David ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYL GROUP; ARSENIC; GALLIUM; MERCURY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BINDING; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR MODEL; SURFACE TENSION; VIBRATION;

EID: 33846634761     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja065399r     Document Type: Article

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