Conductance of alkanedithiol single-molecule junctions: A molecular dynamics study

Nano Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 117-121

  Paulsson, Magnus ^a   Krag, Casper ^b   Frederiksen, Thomas ^c,d   Brandbyge, Mads ^b  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^d CIC NANOGUNE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TUNNELING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL; END-GROUPS; GAUCHE DEFECTS; INELASTIC ELECTRON TUNNELING SPECTRUM; ORDER OF MAGNITUDES; PULLING OUTS; SINGLE-MOLECULE JUNCTIONS;

DYNAMICS;

ALKANE; GOLD; NANOMATERIAL; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MACROMOLECULE; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALKANES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GOLD; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 61649114300     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl802643h     Document Type: Article

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