Direct measurement of electrical conductance through a self-assembled molecular layer

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 373-376

  Song, F ^a,b   Wells, J W ^a,c   Handrup, K ^a   Li, Z S ^a   Bao, S N ^b   Schulte, K ^d,g   Ahola Tuomi, M ^e   Mayor, L C ^d   Swarbrick, J C ^d,h   Perkins, E W ^a,d   Gammelgaard, L ^f   Hofmann, Ph ^a,i  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^f Capres AS   (Denmark)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; SUBSTRATES;

COBALT PHTHALOCYANINE; CONDUCTANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTANCE; NANOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SELF ASSEMBLED MOLECULAR LAYERS; SELF-ASSEMBLED LAYERS; SILVER TERMINATED SILICON; STRUCTURE AND ORIENTATION;

MOLECULES;

COBALT; PHTHALOCYANINE; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYER; SILICON; SILVER;

ARTICLE; DNA PROBE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MOLECULE; NANOANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 67651124899     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2009.82     Document Type: Article

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