Azobenzenes as light-controlled molecular electronic switches in nanoscale metal-molecule-metal junctions

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 130, Issue 29, 2008, Pages 9192-9193

  Mativetsky, Jeffrey M ^a   Pace, Giuseppina ^a   Elbing, Mark ^b   Rampi, Maria A ^c   Mayor, Marcel ^b,d   Samorì, Paolo ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOBENZENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONDUCTANCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ELECTRODE; HISTOGRAM; ISOMERIZATION; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; NANOANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

EID: 47749153841     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja8018093     Document Type: Article

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