Hydroquinone-benzoquinone redox couple as a versatile element for molecular electronics

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 34, 2013, Pages 17451-17461

  Petrangolini, Paolo ^a   Alessandrini, Andrea ^a,b   Facci, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL FUNCTIONALITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ENVIRONMENTS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR JUNCTION; NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL RESISTANCES; SINGLE MOLECULAR SPECIES; SPECIFIC PROPERTIES; TUNNELING JUNCTIONS;

ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; MOLECULES;

MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS;

EID: 84883338179     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp405516z     Document Type: Article

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