The single-molecule conductance and electrochemical electron-transfer rate are related by a power law

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 5391-5401

  Wierzbinski, Emil ^a   Venkatramani, Ravindra ^b,e   Davis, Kathryn L ^a   Bezer, Silvia ^c   Kong, Jing ^c   Xing, Yangjun ^d   Borguet, Eric ^d   Achim, Catalina ^c   Beratan, David N ^b   Waldeck, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Temple University   (United States)

^e TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

break junction; charge transport; dephasing; molecular bridge; nucleic acids

Indexed keywords

BREAK JUNCTIONS; CHARGE TRANSPORT MECHANISMS; DEPHASING; ELECTROCHEMICAL RATE CONSTANTS; ELECTRON TRANSFER RATES; MOLECULAR BRIDGES; QUANTITATIVE CORRELATION; SINGLE-MOLECULE CONDUCTANCES;

CHARGE TRANSFER; NUCLEIC ACIDS; RATE CONSTANTS;

MOLECULES;

ALKANE; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; KINETICS;

ALKANES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACIDS;

EID: 84879623797     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn401321k     Document Type: Article

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