Fabrication of a well-defined single benzene molecule junction using Ag electrodes

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 3520-3523

  Kaneko, Satoshi ^a   Nakazumi, Tomoka ^a   Kiguchi, Manabu ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AG ELECTRODE; AU ELECTRODES; BENZENE MOLECULES; CONDUCTANCE MEASUREMENT; CONDUCTANCE VALUES; INELASTIC TUNNELING; MOLECULE INTERACTIONS; PT ELECTRODE; SINGLE-MOLECULE JUNCTIONS;

BENZENE; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PLATINUM; SILVER;

MOLECULES;

EID: 78650369355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz101506u     Document Type: Article

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