Exploring the performance of molecular rectifiers: Limitations and factors affecting molecular rectification

Nano Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3018-3022

  Armstrong, Nicholas ^a   Hoft, Rainer C ^a   McDonagh, Andrew ^a   Cortie, Michael B ^a   Ford, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TUNNELING; MOLECULES; NANOPARTICLES; OPTIMIZATION;

MOLECULAR RECTIFICATION; MOLECULAR RECTIFIERS; NANOSCALE; OPTIMUM RECTIFICATION RESPONSES;

MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROELECTRODE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICROELECTRODES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 36248943697     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl0714435     Document Type: Article

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