Rectification and stability of a single molecular diode with controlled orientation

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 635-641

  Díez Pérez, Ismael ^a   Hihath, Joshua ^a   Lee, Youngu ^b,e   Yu, Luping ^b   Adamska, Lyudmyla ^c   Kozhushner, Mortko A ^d   Oleynik, Ivan I ^c   Tao, Nongjian ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d SEMENOV INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^e SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYRIMIDINE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; QUANTUM THEORY;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PYRIMIDINES; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 70350458811     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.392     Document Type: Article

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