Electronic transport in single molecule junctions: Control of the molecule-electrode coupling through intramolecular tunneling barriers

Nano Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-5

  Danilov, Andrey ^a,b   Kubatkin, Sergey ^b   Kafanov, Sergey ^b   Hedegård, Per ^a   Stuhr Hansen, Nicolai ^a   Moth Poulsen, Kasper ^a   Bjørnholm, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DERIVATIVES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TUNNELING; ENERGY GAP; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; OLIGOMERS;

ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; INTRAMOLECULAR TUNNELING BARRIERS; METHYLENE GROUPS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 38749126382     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl071228o     Document Type: Article

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