Environmental control of single-molecule junction transport

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1988-1992

  Fatemi, V ^a   Kamenetska, M ^a   Neaton, J B ^b   Venkataraman, L ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

phenylenediamine; density functional theory; Metal organic interface; single molecule conductance; solvent effects; tunnel coupling

Indexed keywords

METAL-ORGANIC INTERFACE; PHENYLENEDIAMINES; SINGLE-MOLECULE; SOLVENT EFFECTS; TUNNEL COUPLING;

ADSORPTION; BINDING ENERGY; BINDING SITES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MOLECULES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WORK FUNCTION;

SOLVENTS;

EID: 79955899950     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl200324e     Document Type: Article

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