Single-molecule junctions based on nitrile-terminated biphenyls: A promising new anchoring group

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 184-187

  Mishchenko, Artem ^a   Zotti, Linda A ^b   Vonlanthen, David ^c   Bürkle, Marius ^d   Pauly, Fabian ^d   Cuevas, Juan Carlos ^b   Mayor, Marcel ^c,d   Wandlowski, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; ANCHORING GROUPS; BENZENE RING; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVES; CONDUCTANCE HISTOGRAMS; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; HIGH SELECTIVITY; MOLECULAR JUNCTION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPES; SINGLE-MOLECULE JUNCTIONS; THEORETICAL STUDY; TORSION ANGLE;

BENZENE;

CYANIDES;

BIPHENYL; GOLD; NITRILE;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HISTOGRAM; METAL BINDING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITRILES; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 78651391126     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja107340t     Document Type: Article

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