Effects of stochastic fluctuations at molecule-electrode contacts in transition voltage spectroscopy

Chemical Physics

Volumn 400, Issue , 2012, Pages 65-71

  Bâldea, Ioan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF SPACE SCIENCES   (Romania)

Author keywords

Break junctions; Conductance histograms; Fowler Nordheim transition; Molecular electronics; Transition voltage spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861226430     PISSN: 03010104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2012.02.011     Document Type: Article

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