Investigation of charge transport in mercaptosuccinic acid-passivated gold clusters

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 129, Issue 18, 2008, Pages

  Nair, A Sreekumaran ^a   Kimura, Keisaku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; GOLD; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; PHONONS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; THICK FILMS;

ACTIVATION MODELS; ARRHENIUS; CHARGE TRANSPORTS; CLUSTER CORES; CROSS OVERS; ELECTRIC CHARGE TRANSPORTS; ELECTRON HOPPING; GOLD CLUSTERS; HIGH TEMPERATURES; LOW TEMPERATURES; MERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACIDS; NEAREST NEIGHBORS; PHONON SOFTENING; SEMI-CONDUCTORS; SIMPLE MODELS; TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT OF RESISTIVITIES;

GOLD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 56349110438     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3010887     Document Type: Article

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