Contact chemistry and single-molecule conductance: A comparison of phosphines, methyl sulfides, and amines

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 51, 2007, Pages 15768-15769

  Park, Young S ^a   Whalley, Adam C ^a   Kamenetska, Maria ^a   Steigerwald, Michael L ^a   Hybertsen, Mark S ^a,b   Nuckolls, Colin ^a   Venkataraman, Latha ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; AMIDE; AMINE; BUTANE; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; GOLD; PHOSPHINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CONFORMATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTRONICS; HISTOGRAM;

EID: 37549025069     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0773857     Document Type: Article

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