Thermodynamic stability of single molecule junctions

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  Tsutsui, Makusu ^a   Shoji, Kohei ^a   Morimoto, Kosuke ^a   Taniguchi, Masateru ^a,b   Kawai, Tomoji ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD ALLOYS; MECHANICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULES; SYSTEM STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

BENZENE DITHIOLATE; MECHANICALLY CONTROLLABLE BREAK JUNCTIONS (MCB); ROOM-TEMPERATURE (RT); SINGLE MOLECULE CONDUCTANCE; SINGLE MOLECULE JUNCTIONS; STRETCHING RATES;

THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

EID: 44849087290     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2939219     Document Type: Article

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