Molecular junctions based on aromatic coupling

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 569-574

  Wu, Songmei ^a   González, Maria Teresa ^a   Huber, Roman ^a   Grunder, Sergio ^a   Mayor, Marcel ^a,b   Schönenberger, Christian ^a   Calame, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; MOLECULES; POLYETHYLENES;

AROMATIC COUPLING; COVALENT ANCHORING; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR JUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; SINGLE MOLECULE CONDUCTANCE; SINGLE MOLECULE LEVEL; SOURCE AND DRAINS;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE;

AROMATIC COUPLING; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRODE; ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 51349121405     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2008.237     Document Type: Article

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