Atomic-scale control of electron transport through single molecules

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 104, Issue 17, 2010, Pages

  Wang, Y F ^a   Kroger J ^a   Berndt, R ^a   Vazquez H ^b   Brandbyge, M ^b   Paulsson, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC SCALE; ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CURRENT FLOWS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; NON-EQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTION; ORDERS-OF-MAGNITUDE; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPES; SINGLE MOLECULE; SINGLE-MOLECULE JUNCTIONS; SURFACE ELECTRODE; TIN-PHTHALOCYANINE;

BOND STRENGTH (CHEMICAL); GREEN'S FUNCTION; SILVER; SURFACE STRUCTURE; TIN; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

MOLECULES;

EID: 77951550074     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.176802     Document Type: Article

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