Measurement of voltage-dependent electronic transport across amine-linked single-molecular-wire junctions

Nanotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 43, 2009, Pages

  Widawsky, J R ^a,b   Kamenetska, M ^a,b   Klare, J ^b   Nuckolls, C ^b   Steigerwald, M L ^b   Hybertsen, M S ^c   Venkataraman, L ^a,b  

^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

APPLIED BIAS; BIAS DEPENDENCE; CONDUCTANCE MEASUREMENT; CONJUGATED MOLECULES; CURRENT VOLTAGE CURVE; DIFFERENTIAL CONDUCTANCES; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; IV CHARACTERISTICS; MOLECULAR IONIZATION; MOLECULAR JUNCTION; MOLECULAR SOLUTIONS; MOLECULAR WIRES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES; TRANSPORT CHANNEL;

ACETYLENE; AMINES; IONIZATION POTENTIAL; LIGHTING; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MOLECULES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; STABILITY; WIRE;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

1,6 HEXANEDIAMINE; 4,4' DIAMINOSTILBENE; ALKANE; AMINE; BIS(4 AMINOPHENYL)ACETYLENE; GOLD; METAL; NANOWIRE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; FERMI LEVEL; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; HISTOGRAM; IONIZATION; MOLECULE; NOISE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 70349675767     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/20/43/434009     Document Type: Article

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