Electrical conductance of oligothiophene Molecular wires

Nano Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1237-1240

  Yamada, Ryo ^a   Kumazawa, Hiroaki ^a   Noutoshi, Tomoharu ^a   Tanaka, Shoji ^b   Tada, Hirokazu ^a,c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAK JUNCTIONS; DECAY CONSTANTS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTANCES; EXPONENTIAL DECAYS; MOLECULAR LENGTHS; MOLECULAR WIRES; OLIGO THIOPHENES; OLIGOTHIOPHENE MOLECULES; PRE-EXPONENTIAL FACTORS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPES; TUNNELING CONDUCTIONS;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE;

EID: 46949091195     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl0732023     Document Type: Article

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