A surface-anchored molecular four-level conductance switch based on single proton transfer

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-46

  Auwärter, Willi ^a   Seufert, Knud ^a   Bischoff, Felix ^a   Ecija, David ^a   Vijayaraghavan, Saranyan ^a   Joshi, Sushobhan ^a   Klappenberger, Florian ^a   Samudrala, Niveditha ^a   Barth, Johannes V ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; MOLECULES; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ELECTRONIC COMPONENT; MOLECULAR CONDUCTANCE; MOLECULAR SPECIES; MOLECULAR SWITCHES; NANOSCALE APPLICATIONS; SHORT-RANGE FORCES; SWITCHING PERFORMANCE; TETRAPHENYL PORPHYRINS;

ELECTRIC SWITCHES;

HYDROGEN; PORPHYRIN; SILVER; TETRAPHENYL PORPHYRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CONDUCTANCE SWITCH; DEVICES; ELECTRIC CURRENT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84855265404     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2011.211     Document Type: Article

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