Molecular electronics in silico

Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-210

  Cerofolini, G F ^a   Romano, E ^b  

^a STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CONFORMATIONS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; NANOSTRUCTURES; QUANTUM THEORY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONFORMATIONAL CHANGES; GIGA-SCALE INTEGRATION (GSI); PLANAR ARRANGEMENT;

SILICA;

EID: 40949153799     PISSN: 09478396     EISSN: 14320630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00339-008-4415-4     Document Type: Article

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