N-silylamine junctions for molecular wires to gold: The effect of binding atom hybridization on the electronic transmission

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 113, Issue 47, 2009, Pages 20458-20462

  Wohlthat, Sören ^a   Kirchner, Thomas ^a   Reimers, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE GROUPS; BINDING ATOMS; BINDING STRENGTH; ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSIONS; GOLD SURFACES; MOLECULAR CONDUCTION; MOLECULAR JUNCTION; MOLECULAR WIRES; N-SILYLAMINE; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE;

AMINES; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; SILANES;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 71049179770     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp9054457     Document Type: Article

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