Single molecular wires connecting metallic and insulating surface areas

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 48, Issue 52, 2009, Pages 9966-9970

  Bombis, Christian ^a   Ample, Francisco ^b   Lafferentz, Leif ^a   Yu, Hao ^c   Hecht, Stefan ^c   Joachim, Christian ^b   Grill, Leonhard ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CEMES CNRS   (France)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Molecular electronics; Polymers; Scanning probe microscopy; Thin films; Transition metals

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; POLYMERS; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIN FILMS; TRANSITION METALS;

ATOMIC SCALE; AU(111) SURFACES; ELECTRONIC CHARACTERIZATION; INSULATING SURFACES; MOLECULAR ADSORPTION; MOLECULAR WIRES; PLANAR CONFIGURATIONS; POLYFLUORENES;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 72449181700     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200904645     Document Type: Article

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