The study of charge transport through organic thin films: Mechanism, tools and applications

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1855, 2007, Pages 1509-1537

  Weiss, Emily A ^a   Kriebel, Jennah K ^a   Rampi, Maria Anita ^b   Whitesides, George M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alkanethlolates; Defects; Molecular junctions; Self assembled monolayer; Superexchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249046978     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2007.2029     Document Type: Article

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