Reliable formation of single molecule junctions with air-stable diphenylphosphine linkers

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2114-2119

  Parameswaran, R ^a   Widawsky, J R ^b   Vazquez H ^c   Park, Y S ^c   Boardman, B M ^c   Nuckolls, C ^c   Steigerwald, M L ^c   Hybertsen, M S ^d   Venkataraman, L ^b,c  

^a Program on US Russia Relations at Columbia s Harriman Institute   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c Brookhaven National Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^d BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-STABLE; BREAK JUNCTIONS; CONDUCTANCE HISTOGRAMS; DECAY CONSTANTS; DENSITY FUNCTION THEORY CALCULATIONS; DIPHENYLPHOSPHINE; DONOR-ACCEPTORS; GOLD ATOMS; METHYLENE GROUPS; MOLECULE BINDING; RELIABLE FORMATIONS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPES; SINGLE-MOLECULE JUNCTIONS; TUNNEL COUPLING;

BENZENE; BINDING ENERGY; PARAFFINS; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

MOLECULES;

EID: 77954728877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz100656s     Document Type: Article

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