Towards graphyne molecular electronics

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages 6321-

  Li, Zhihai ^a,d   Smeu, Manuel ^b   Rives, Arnaud ^c   Maraval, Valérie ^c   Chauvin, Remi ^c,d   Ratner, Mark A ^b   Borguet, Eric ^a  

^a Temple University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CORONENE; GRAPHENE;

BENZENE; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; GOLD; SCANNING TUNNELLING MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONDUCTANCE; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; REDUCTION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84923233555     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7321     Document Type: Article

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