Gold/Molecule/p+ Si devices: Variable temperature electronic transport

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 494-503

  Scott, Adina ^a   Janes, David B ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charge carrier processes; molecular electronics; silicon

Indexed keywords

CHARGE-CARRIER PROCESSES; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; METALLIC CONTACTS; MOLECULAR COMPONENTS; MOLECULAR ELECTRONIC DEVICE; NANOELECTRONIC SYSTEMS; SI DEVICES; SILICON DEVICES; SURFACE STATE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; VARIABLE TEMPERATURE;

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS;

ELECTRON DEVICES;

EID: 77954612881     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2009.2030800     Document Type: Article

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