Design and control of electron transport properties of single molecules

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 36, 2009, Pages 15259-15263

  Pan, Shuan ^a   Fu, Qiang ^a,b   Huang, Tian ^a   Zhao, Aidi ^a   Wang, Bing ^a   Luo, Yi ^a,b   Yang, Jinlong ^a   Hou, Jianguo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hydrogen tautomerization; Melamine molecules; Rectifying effect; Switching property

Indexed keywords

COPPER; MELAMINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEHYDROGENATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELASTICITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ISOMERIZATION; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

ADSORPTION; COPPER; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; TRIAZINES;

EID: 70349304456     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0903131106     Document Type: Article

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