One-dimensional molecular chains with dispersive electronic states

Nano Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4292-4296

  Chen, Lan ^a   Li, Hui ^a   Wee, Andrew Thye Shen ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; DI/DV MAPS; DIFFERENTIAL CONDUCTANCES; DOUBLE LAYERS; LOW-TEMPERATURE SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; METAL SUBSTRATE; MOLECULAR CHAINS; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SEXITHIOPHENES; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTIONS;

ELECTRONIC STATES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SILVER; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; GOLD; NANOMATERIAL; SEXITHIOPHENE; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRONICS; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRONICS; GOLD; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS WITH 4 OR MORE RINGS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THIOPHENES;

EID: 71949103654     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl902527d     Document Type: Article

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