Polyoxometalate-based layered structures for charge transport control in molecular devices

ACS Nano

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 733-742

  Douvas, Antonios M ^a   Makarona, Eleni ^a   Glezos, Nikos ^a   Argitis, Panagiotis ^a   Mielczarski, Jerzy A ^b   Mielczarski, Ela ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Greece)

^b Faculté des Sciences et Technologies   (France)

Author keywords

Hybrid molecular materials; Layer by layer self assembly method; Molecular electronics; Monolayers; Polyoxometalates

Indexed keywords

LITHOGRAPHY;

12 TUNGSTOPHOSPHORIC ACID; CHARGE TRANSPORTING; INORGANIC FILMS; LAYERED STRUCTURED; MOLECULAR DEVICES; MOLECULAR LAYERS; POLYOXOMETALATE (POM);

MOLECULES;

NANOMATERIAL; POLYOXOMETALATE I; TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 46849110368     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn700333j     Document Type: Article

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