Origin of discrepancies in inelastic electron tunneling spectra of molecular junctions

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Yu, Lam H ^a   Zangmeister, Christopher D ^a   Kushmerick, James G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT THEORY; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; MULTILAYERS; NANOPARTICLES;

INELASTIC ELECTRON TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY (IETS); LINE SHAPE MODIFICATION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MULTILAYER MOLECULAR JUNCTIONS;

ELECTRON TUNNELING;

EID: 34547287261     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.206803     Document Type: Article

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