Unimolecular electronic devices

Topics in Current Chemistry

Volumn 313, Issue , 2012, Pages 39-84

  Metzger, Robert M ^a   Mattern, Daniell L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Aviram Ratner theory; Cold gold evaporation; Electron acceptor groups; Electron donor groups; Langmuir Blodgett film; Langmuir Blodgett monolayer; Orbital mediated tunneling; Rectifier; Scanning tunneling microscopy; Schottky barrier; Schottky Mott theory; Self assembled film; Self assembled monolayer; Unimolecular amplifier; Unimolecular electronic devices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856198504     PISSN: 03401022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/128_2011_178     Document Type: Article

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