From redox gating to quantized charging

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 132, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 8187-8193

  Li, Zhihai ^a   Liu, Yaqing ^b   Mertens, Stijn F L ^a   Pobelov, Ilya V ^a   Wandlowski, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADLAYERS; AU(1 1 1 ); CONDENSED MEDIA; COULOMB CHARGING; CURRENT-VOLTAGE RESPONSE; ELECTROCHEMICAL GATING; ELECTROCHEMICAL STM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONIC SWITCHING; ENERGY STATE; FERROCENE MOIETY; GAP SIZE; GOLD NANOCLUSTER; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; IMMOBILIZED NANOPARTICLE; MULTI STATE; QUANTIZED CHARGING; REDOX GATING; REDOX MOLECULES; REDOX PROCESS; REDOX SITES; REORGANIZATION ENERGIES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SINGLE ELECTRON; SINGLE NANOPARTICLE; TUNNELING JUNCTIONS; TWO-STATE;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; IRON COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

NANOPARTICLES;

FERROCENE; GOLD NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; DIODE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEMICONDUCTOR;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; GOLD; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRANSISTORS, ELECTRONIC;

EID: 77953310901     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja102754n     Document Type: Article

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