Mechanically controlled binary conductance switching of a single-molecule junction

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 230-234

  Quek, Su Ying ^a   Kamenetska, Maria ^b,c   Steigerwald, Michael L ^c   Choi, Hyoung Joon ^d   Louie, Steven G ^a,e   Hybertsen, Mark S ^f   Neaton, J B ^a   Venkataraman, Latha ^b,c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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

^d Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; GOLD; GOLD COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; POINT CONTACTS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM THEORY; SWITCHING;

ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITIES; CONDUCTANCE SWITCHING; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; METAL-MOLECULE CONTACTS; MOLECULAR-SCALE COMPONENTS; NANOSCALE ELECTRONIC DEVICES; QUANTUM POINT CONTACT; SINGLE-MOLECULE JUNCTIONS;

MOLECULES;

4,4' BIPYRIDINE; GOLD; NANOWIRE; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CONDUCTANCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GEOMETRY; HISTOGRAM; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 64449083038     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2009.10     Document Type: Article

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