Electrical resistance of long oligothiophene molecules

Applied Physics Express

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Yamada, Ryo ^a   Kumazawa, Hiroaki ^a   Tanaka, Shoji ^b   Tada, Hirokazu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAK JUNCTIONS; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; EXPONENTIAL INCREASE; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MOLECULAR LENGTHS; MOLECULAR WIRES; OLIGO THIOPHENES; OLIGOTHIOPHENE MOLECULES; TRANSPORT MECHANISMS;

MOLECULES;

EID: 60349116250     PISSN: 18820778     EISSN: 18820786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/APEX.2.025002     Document Type: Article

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35. The length of a thiophene unit is estimated to be 0.4 nm.