Surprising molecular length dependence in conduction through a hybrid organic-inorganic system

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2041-2045

  Kober, Sivan ^a   Gotesman, Gilad ^a   Naaman, Ron ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

alkyldithiols; length dependent; molecular electronics; nanoparticles; self assembled monolayers

Indexed keywords

ALKYLDITHIOLS; CONDUCTION PROPERTIES; CONDUCTIVE PATHS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HYBRID ORGANIC-INORGANIC; LENGTH DEPENDENT; MOLECULAR LENGTH; ORGANIC LINKERS;

MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; NANOPARTICLES; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

MOLECULES;

EID: 84879757504     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz400943q     Document Type: Article

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