Redox-active π-conjugated organometallic monolayers: Pronounced coulomb blockade characteristic at room temperature

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3106-3115

  Chen, Chiao Pei ^a   Luo, Wan Rou ^a   Chen, Chen Ni ^a   Wu, Shin Mou ^a   Hsieh, Shuchen ^a   Chiang, Chao Ming ^a   Dong, Teng Yuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AU SURFACES; AU(1 1 1 ); CHRONOAMPEROMETRY TECHNIQUES; CONDUCTANCE SWITCHING; CONDUCTIVE ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPES; CONDUCTIVE ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRON CONDUCTION; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONIC COUPLING; FERROCENYL; METAL SURFACES; MOLECULAR WIRES; REDOX STATE; REDOX-ACTIVE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STANDARD RATE CONSTANT;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; COULOMB BLOCKADE; NANOWIRES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; ORGANOMETALLICS; RATE CONSTANTS; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 84874630126     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la303796r     Document Type: Article

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