Oligomeric gold-thiolate units define the properties of the molecular junction between gold and benzene dithiols

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1528-1532

  Strange, Mikkel ^a   Lopez Acevedo, Olga ^a   Häkkinen, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; AU(1 1 1 ); CONDUCTANCE VALUES; DITHIOLATES; DITHIOLS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GOLD CLUSTERS; GOLD ELECTRODES; MOLECULAR JUNCTION; MULTIPLE CONTACTS; ORGANIC MOLECULES; THEORETICAL STUDY; THIOLATES; UNSOLVED PROBLEMS;

BENZENE; GOLD COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

GOLD;

EID: 77952725046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz1002988     Document Type: Article

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