An approach to transport measurements of electronic molecules

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 80, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 2761-2763

  Amlani, Islamshah ^a   Rawlett, Adam M ^a   Nagahara, Larry A ^a   Tsui, Raymond K ^a  

^a MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRONIC MOLECULES; HYBRID ASSEMBLY; TEST MOLECULES; TRANSPORT MEASUREMENTS;

BENZENE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

MOLECULES;

EID: 79956022772     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1469655     Document Type: Article

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