High electrical conductance of single molecules: A challenge in the series of conjugated oligomers

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 48, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 3911-3913

  Meier, Herbert ^a,b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION FACTORS; CONJUGATED OLIGOMER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTANCE; EN-ROUTE; SINGLE-MOLECULE;

MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; OLIGOMERS;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE;

EID: 70349973980     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200900568     Document Type: Article

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