Importance of direct metal-π coupling in electronic transport through conjugated single-molecule junctions

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 134, Issue 50, 2012, Pages 20440-20445

  Meisner, Jeffrey S ^a   Ahn, Seokhoon ^a   Aradhya, Sriharsha V ^b   Krikorian, Markrete ^a,d   Parameswaran, Radha ^c   Steigerwald, Michael ^a   Venkataraman, Latha ^b   Nuckolls, Colin ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c Program on US Russia Relations at Columbia s Harriman Institute   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE (AFM); AUROPHILIC; CHEMICAL SUBSTITUTION; CONJUGATED SYSTEMS; DONOR-ACCEPTORS; ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC COUPLING; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; FUNCTIONALIZED; META POSITIONS; MOLECULAR BRIDGES; MOLECULAR WIRES; QUANTUM MECHANICAL EFFECTS; RUPTURE FORCES; SINGLE-MOLECULE JUNCTIONS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULES; QUANTUM THEORY;

NANOWIRES;

DIMETHYL SULFIDE; GOLD; METAL; NANOWIRE; PHENYL GROUP;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84871391222     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja308626m     Document Type: Article

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