Molecular control of structural dynamics and conductance switching in bismuth nanoparticles

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 43, 2013, Pages 22218-22223

  Marchak, Debora ^a   Glozman, Denis ^a   Vinshtein, Yuri ^a   Jarby, Sigal ^a   Lereah, Yossi ^a   Cheshnovsky, Ori ^a   Selzer, Yoram ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC CONDUCTANCE; BISMUTH NANOPARTICLES; CONDUCTANCE SWITCHING; ELECTRONIC SWITCHING; ETHYLENE DIAMINE; MOLECULAR CONTROLS; STRUCTURAL FLUCTUATIONS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT;

ANISOTROPY; BISMUTH; ETHYLENE; NANOPARTICLES; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

LIGANDS;

EID: 84887186882     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp312417n     Document Type: Article

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