In situ spectroscopic characterization of rectifying molecular monolayers self-assembled on gold

ChemPhysChem

Volumn 8, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 2195-2201

  Girlando, Alberto ^a   Sissa, Cristina ^a   Terenziani, Francesca ^a   Painelli, Anna ^a   Chwialkowska, Anna ^b   Ashwell, Geoffrey J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charge transfer; Molecular electronics; Monolayers; Surface chemistry; Vibrational spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; GOLD COATINGS; GOLD DEPOSITS; GROUND STATE; LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; MOLECULES; MONOLAYERS; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; SOLID SOLUTIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRON FLOW; GOLD COATED SUBSTRATE; INFRARED SPECTRUM; LANGMUIR-BLODGETT; MOLECULAR MONOLAYER; MOLECULAR RECTIFIER; SHEDDING LIGHT; SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION;

CHROMOPHORES;

EID: 35648982326     PISSN: 14394235     EISSN: 14397641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200700447     Document Type: Article

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