Electron transfer mediating properties of hydrocarbons as a function of chain length: A differential scanning conductive tip atomic force microscopy investigation

ACS Nano

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 507-515

  Scaini, Denis ^a,b   Castronovo, Matteo ^b,c   Casalis, Loredana ^a   Scoles, Giacinto ^a,c  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkanethiols; Atomic force microscopy; Differential measurements; Nanografting; Nanolithography; Transport properties; Tunneling

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; CHAIN LENGTH; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; ELECTRON DEVICES; HEALTH; HYDROCARBONS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LITHOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENTS; MICROSCOPES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULES; NANOLITHOGRAPHY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SCANNING; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

(PL) PROPERTIES; ALKANE-THIOLS; ALKANETHIOL MOLECULES; AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (ACS); ATOMIC FORCE (AF); BIO-MOLECULAR DEVICES; CHARGE TRANSPORTING; DECAY CONSTANTS; DIFFERENTIAL APPROACHES; DIFFERENTIAL RESISTANCES; ELECTRON TRANSFER (ET); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; METAL-MOLECULE-METAL JUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; NANOPATCHES; ORDERS-OF-MAGNITUDE; REFERENCE LAYER; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYER (SAMS); SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENTS; SUBSTRATE INTERFACES; TRANSPORT COEFFICIENTS; TRANSPORT MEASUREMENTS; TWO-MOLECULAR LAYERS;

MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION;

ALKANE; HYDROCARBON; METAL; NANOMATERIAL; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALKANES; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HYDROCARBONS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; METALS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 45149094353     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn700342p     Document Type: Article

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