Molecular switch controlled by pulsed bias voltages

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Volumn 5, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 2218-2223

  Meded, Velimir ^a   Bagrets, Alexei ^a   Arnold, Andreas ^b   Evers, Ferdinand ^a,b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Density functional calculations; Molecular electronics; Molecular mechanics; Molecular switches; Molecular wires

Indexed keywords

BI-STABILITY; BIPYRIDYL; CONDUCTANCE SWITCHING; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; DITHIOLS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; INTRINSIC DIPOLE MOMENT; JUNCTION STABILITY; MOLECULAR SWITCHES; MOLECULAR WIRES; OLIGOPHENYLENEETHYNYLENES; PHASE SPACES; POLARON FORMATION; PULSED BIAS VOLTAGE; THERMAL INSTABILITIES; VOLTAGE RANGES;

BIAS VOLTAGE; CONFORMATIONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULES; NANOWIRES; PHASE SPACE METHODS; POLARONS; SWITCHES; WIRE;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

2,2' BIPYRIDINE; BIPYRIDYL DINITRO OLIGOPHENYLENE ETHYNYLENE DITHIOL; BIPYRIDYL-DINITRO OLIGOPHENYLENE-ETHYNYLENE DITHIOL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELECTRICITY; ROTATION;

2,2'-DIPYRIDYL; ELECTRICITY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; ROTATION; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 70349874813     PISSN: 16136810     EISSN: 16136829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smll.200801865     Document Type: Article

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