Molecular conduction through adlayers: Cooperative effects can help or hamper electron transport

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4693-4696

  Reuter, Matthew G ^a   Seideman, Tamar ^a   Ratner, Mark A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADLAYERS; COOPERATIVE EFFECTS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; INTER-WIRE COUPLING; INTER-WIRE DISTANCES; METAL ELECTRODES; MOLECULAR CONDUCTION; MOLECULAR WIRES; TIGHT BINDING MODEL;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; NANOWIRES; RESONANCE; WIRE;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 80755142830     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl202342a     Document Type: Article

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