Formation and evolution of single-molecule junctions

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Kamenetska, M ^a,b   Koentopp, M ^b   Whalley, A C ^b   Park, Y S ^b   Steigerwald, M L ^b   Nuckolls, C ^b   Hybertsen, M S ^c   Venkataraman, L ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINES; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; MOLECULES; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS;

BOND BREAKAGES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; GOLD ELECTRODES; JUNCTION STRUCTURES; MOLECULAR LENGTHS; SINGLE-MOLECULE JUNCTIONS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 63649150380     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.126803     Document Type: Article

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