The role of symmetry in single-molecule junctions

ChemPhysChem

Volumn 12, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 2887-2889

  Lörtscher, Emanuel ^a  

^a IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

break junctions; charge transport; molecular electronics; structure transport relationships; symmetry

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; NAPHTHALENE;

BREAK JUNCTIONS; ELECTRON PATH; FRONTIER MOLECULAR ORBITALS; SINGLE-MOLECULE JUNCTIONS;

MOLECULES;

EID: 81255169296     PISSN: 14394235     EISSN: 14397641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201100702     Document Type: Article

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