Controlling single-molecule conductance through lateral coupling of φ orbitals

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 226-231

  Diez Perez, Ismael ^a,b   Hihath, Joshua ^a   Hines, Thomas ^a   Wang, Zhong Sheng ^c   Zhou, Gang ^c   Müllen, Klaus ^d   Tao, Nongjian ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION;

CONTACT GEOMETRY; ELECTRODE JUNCTIONS; MECHANICAL PERTURBATIONS; METAL ELECTRODES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; SINGLE MOLECULE CONDUCTANCE; SINGLE-MOLECULE ELECTRONICS; SINGLE-MOLECULE JUNCTIONS;

MOLECULES;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONDUCTANCE; CONFORMATION; COUPLING FACTOR; ELECTRODE; GEOMETRY; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79955822927     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2011.20     Document Type: Article

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