Electrical and optical studies of gap states in self-assembled molecular aggregates

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Burtman, V ^a   Hukic, G ^a   Ndobe, A S ^a   Drori, T ^a   Vardeny, Z V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRODES; ENERGY GAP; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

DIFFERENTIAL CONDUCTANCE SPECTRUM; ELECTRONIC CONTINUUM BANDS; MOLAR CONCENTRATIONS RATIO; MOLECULAR INSULATORS;

SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

EID: 33947418161     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2696401     Document Type: Article

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