Revealing molecular orbital gating by transition voltage spectroscopy

Chemical Physics

Volumn 377, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 15-20

  Bâldea, Ioan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fowler Nordheim transition; Molecular electronics; Molecular orbital gating; Quantum transport; Single molecule transistors; Transition voltage spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956114777     PISSN: 03010104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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