Molecules on Si: Electronics with chemistry

Advanced Materials

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 140-159

  Vilan, Ayelet ^a   Yaffe, Orner ^a   Biller, Ariel ^a   Salomon, Adi ^a   Kahn, Antoine ^b   Cahen, David ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSPORT; CHARGE TRANSPORT MECHANISMS; CRITICAL INTERFACES; DATA COLLECTION; DIRECT BONDING; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; ENERGY LEVEL; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HYBRID APPROACH; INTERFACIAL CHEMISTRY; MOLECULE ELECTRONICS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PREDICTIVE POWER; PROGRESS REPORT; SEMICONDUCTING ELECTRODES; SEMICONDUCTOR INTERFACES;

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; HYBRID SYSTEMS; MOLECULES; MONOLAYERS; SCHEDULING; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

CARBON; METAL; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CARBON; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONICS; METALS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SILICON; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 75749144236     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: 15214095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200901834     Document Type: Article

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