Conductance of tailored molecular segments: A rudimentary assessment by landauer formulation

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1832-1841

  Huang, Min Jie ^a   Hsu, Liang Yan ^a   Fu, Ming Dung ^a   Chuang, Su Ting ^a   Tien, Fang Wei ^a   Chen, Chun Hsien ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL BEHAVIORS; ELECTRODE MATERIAL; FUNCTIONAL MOIETIES; HOMOLOGOUS SERIES; MOLECULAR MOIETIES; MOLECULAR SEGMENTS; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; SIMPLIFIED EVALUATIONS;

MOLECULES;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

ALKANE; CARBENE; GOLD; ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID; NITRILE; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; THIOL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRODE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; MOLECULE;

EID: 84893797619     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja4088538     Document Type: Article

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