Single-molecule conductance determinations on HS(CH 2) 4O(CH 2) 4SH and HS(CH 2) 2O(CH 2) 2O(CH 2) 2SH, and comparison with alkanedithiols of the same length

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 24, Issue 16, 2012, Pages

  Scullion, Lisa E ^a   Leary, Edmund ^a,b   Higgins, Simon J ^a   Nichols, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIER HEIGHTS; CONDUCTANCE VALUES; CURRENT VOLTAGE; GOLD JUNCTIONS; LONE PAIR ELECTRONS; METHYLENE CHAINS; MONO-ETHER; OXYGEN ATOM; RATIONALISATION; SINGLE-MOLECULE; UNOCCUPIED STATE;

ETHERS; GOLD; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

MOLECULES;

EID: 84859222385     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/24/16/164211     Document Type: Article

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