A single-molecule potentiometer

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1575-1579

  Meisner, Jeffrey S ^a   Kamenetska, Masha ^b   Krikorian, Markrete ^a   Steigerwald, Michael L ^a   Venkataraman, Latha ^b   Nuckolls, Colin ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

break junction; electron transport; Nanoscale; oligoene; polyene; tunneling

Indexed keywords

BREAK-JUNCTION; ELECTRON-TRANSPORT; NANOSCALE; OLIGOENE; POLYENE; TUNNELING;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POTENTIOMETERS (ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS); VOLTAGE DIVIDERS;

MOLECULES;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMPEDANCE; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICRO-ELECTRICAL-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; MINIATURIZATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 79954511197     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl104411f     Document Type: Article

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