Optimizing single-molecule conductivity of conjugated organic oligomers with carbodithioate linkers

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 132, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 7946-7956

  Xing, Yangjun ^a   Park, Tae Hong ^b   Venkatramani, Ravindra ^c   Keinan, Shahar ^c   Beratan, David N ^c,d   Therien, Michael J ^c   Borguet, Eric ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSPORT; CONJUGATED STRUCTURES; ELECTRONIC COUPLING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FRONTIER MOLECULAR ORBITALS; LINKER GROUPS; LINKER SYSTEM; METAL ELECTRODES; MOLECULAR CORE; MOLECULAR JUNCTION; MOLECULAR-SCALE ELECTRONICS; NON EQUILIBRIUM; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; RESONANT TRANSPORT; SEMICONDUCTING ELECTRODES; SINGLE-MOLECULE; SINGLE-MOLECULE CONDUCTIVITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; THIOL LINKERS; TUNNELING CURRENT;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTRODES; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MOLECULES; OLIGOMERS; SULFUR;

OPTIMIZATION;

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; AMINE; OLIGOMER; SULFUR; THIOL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONDUCTANCE; CONJUGATE; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; POLYMERS; QUANTUM THEORY; THIOCARBAMATES;

EID: 77953295203     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja909559m     Document Type: Article

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