Assessment of a nanoparticle bridge platform for molecular electronics measurements

Nanotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 43, 2010, Pages

  Jafri, S H M ^a,c   Blom, T ^a   Leifer, K ^a   Stromme M ^a   Lofas H ^a   Grigoriev, A ^a   Ahuja, R ^a,b   Welch, K ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c MIRPUR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MUST   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-DENSITY; AMBIENT CONDITIONS; AU ELECTRODES; ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT; FOCUSED ION BEAM MILLING; FUNCTIONALIZED ELECTRODES; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HIGH YIELD; I - V CURVE; INTRINSIC RESPONSE; NANO-ELECTRODES; NANO-GAP; NANOPARTICLE BRIDGES; OCTANETHIOL; PHYSISORBED;

CABLE STAYED BRIDGES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON BEAMS; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY;

MOLECULES;

EID: 77958601197     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/43/435204     Document Type: Article

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