Diode-like I-V characteristics of a nonplanar polyaromatic compound: A spectroscopic study of isolated and stacked dibenzo[g,p]chrysene

Chemistry - An Asian Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1181-1187

  Lee, Shern Long ^a   Huang, Min Jie ^a   Chen, Chun Hsien ^a   Wang, Cheng I ^b   Liu, Rai Shung ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

electron transfer; nanotechnology; scanning probe microscopy; self assembly; stacking interactions

Indexed keywords

CHRYSENE; CLOSE PACKED STRUCTURES; DROP-CAST; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ENERGY-LEVEL COUPLING; HOMO-LUMO GAPS; I - V CURVE; I-V BEHAVIOR; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; IV CHARACTERISTICS; MODEL SYSTEM; POLYAROMATICS; SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES; STACKING INTERACTIONS; STM/STS; TURN ON VOLTAGE;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIODES; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GRAPHITE; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROBES; SCANNING; SELF ASSEMBLY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 79955584686     PISSN: 18614728     EISSN: 1861471X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asia.201000859     Document Type: Article

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