Spectroscopy of molecular junction networks obtained by place exchange in 2D nanoparticle arrays

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 111, Issue 50, 2007, Pages 18445-18450

  Bernard, Laetitia ^a,b   Kamdzhilov, Yavor ^a   Calame, Michel ^a   Van Der Molen, Sense Jan ^a,c   Liao, Jianhui ^a   Schönenbergei, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Yale University   (United States)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; GOLD; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ALKANETHIOL CHAINS; CONJUGATED OLIGOMERS; MOLECULAR JUNCTION NETWORKS;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 38149024002     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp077095c     Document Type: Article

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