Electrochemically controlled conductance switching in a single molecule: Quinone-modified oligo (phenylene vinylene)

ACS Nano

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1289-1295

  Tsoi, Stanislav ^a   Griva, Igor ^b   Trammell, Scott A ^a   Blum, Amy S ^a   Schnur, Joel M ^b   Lebedev, Nikolai ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductance switching; Electrochemical STM; Electron delocalization; Oligo(phenylene vinylene); Oxidation reduction; Quinone; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; KETONES; PHENOLS;

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (ACS); CONDUCTANCE SWITCHING; CONDUCTIVITY STATES; ELECTROCHEMICAL POTENTIAL (ECP); ELECTROCHEMICAL STM; ELECTRON DELOCALIZATION; HYDROQUINONE (HQ); OLIGO(P PHENYLENEVINYLENE); SINGLE MOLECULE (SM);

MOLECULES;

BENZOQUINONE; BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; NANOMATERIAL; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BENZOQUINONES; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VINYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 47649106457     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn8002218     Document Type: Article

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