Switching of conductance in a molecular wire: Role of junction geometry, interfacial distance, and conformational change

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 116, Issue 32, 2012, Pages 17268-17273

  Dhungana, Kamal B ^a   Mandal, Subhasish ^a   Pati, Ranjit ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC LEVEL CONTROL; ATOMIC LEVELS; CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; COUPLED JUNCTIONS; CURRENT SWITCHING; DEVICE STRUCTURES; I - V CURVE; INTERFACIAL DISTANCE; METAL-MOLECULE INTERFACE; MOLECULAR DEVICE; MOLECULAR WIRES; ORBITAL CHARACTER; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPES; SHARP INCREASE; SINGLE MOLECULE CONDUCTANCE; SINGLE PARTICLE; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION; TERPYRIDINES;

CONFORMATIONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GEOMETRY; MOLECULES; RUTHENIUM;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84865146736     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp3043335     Document Type: Article

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