Reversible switching in molecular electronic devices

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 42, 2007, Pages 12590-12591

  Whalley, Adam C ^a   Steigerwald, Michael L ^a   Guo, Xuefeng ^a   Nuckolls, Colin ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONDUCTANCE; CONJUGATION; CYCLIZATION; DEVICE; QUANTUM YIELD; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

EID: 35548980968     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja073127y     Document Type: Article

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