Adverse effects of asymmetric contacts on single molecule conductances of HS(CH2)n COOH in nanoelectrical junctions

Nanotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Martín, Santiago ^a   Manrique, David Zsolt ^b   García Surez, Víctor M ^b   Haiss, Wolfgang ^a   Higgins, Simon J ^a   Lambert, Colin J ^b   Nichols, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANCHORING GROUPS; HIGHLY SENSITIVES; MOLECULAR JUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR WIRES; NON-EQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTIONS; SCANNING TUNNELLING MICROSCOPES; SIGNIFICANT FACTORS; SINGLE MOLECULE CONDUCTANCES; SINGLE MOLECULES; SYMMETRIC MOLECULES;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MOLECULES; NANOWIRES; WIRE;

YTTRIUM ALLOYS;

8 MERCAPTOOCTANOIC ACID; CARBOXYL GROUP; NANOWIRE; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; THIOL GROUP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GREEN FUNCTION FORMALISM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

EID: 65549156150     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/20/12/125203     Document Type: Article

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