Observation of molecular orbital gating

Nature

Volumn 462, Issue 7276, 2009, Pages 1039-1043

  Song, Hyunwook ^a   Kim, Youngsang ^b,d   Jang, Yun Hee ^a   Jeong, Heejun ^b   Reed, Mark A ^c   Lee, Takhee ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; RESONANCE;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 72949091836     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08639     Document Type: Article

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