Molecular electronic devices based on single-walled carbon nanotube electrodes

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1731-1741

  Feldman, Alina K ^a   Steigerwald, Michael L ^a   Guo, Xuefeng ^b   Nuckolls, Colin ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 58149096924     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar8000266     Document Type: Article

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