Molecular photovoltaics in nanoscale dimension

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 173-225

  Burtman, Vladimir ^a   Zelichonok, Alexander ^b   Pakoulev, Andrei V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular photovoltaics; Polarons in organic media; Self assembly devices; Transport in molecular nanoscale systems

Indexed keywords

1,4,5,8 NAPHTHALENE TETRACARBOXYLIC DIPHENYLIMIDE; NANOMATERIAL; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CATION EXCHANGE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; ION TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOANALYSIS; NANOELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; NANOFABRICATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; TRANSISTORS, ELECTRONIC;

EID: 79251605611     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms12010173     Document Type: Review

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