Work function and temperature dependence of electron tunneling through an N-type perylene diimide molecular junction with isocyanide surface linkers

Conducting probe atomic force microscopy (CP-AFM) was employed to examine electron tunneling in self-assembled monolayer (SAM) junctions. A 2.3 nm long perylene tetracarboxylic acid diimide (PDI) acceptor molecule equipped with isocyanide linker groups was synthesized, adsorbed onto Ag, Au and Pt su...

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Hauptverfasser: Smith, Christopher E. (VerfasserIn) , Xie, Zuoti (VerfasserIn) , Bâldea, Ioan (VerfasserIn) , Frisbie, C. Daniel (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 27 Nov 2017
In: Nanoscale
Year: 2017, Jahrgang: 10, Heft: 3, Pages: 964-975
ISSN:2040-3372
DOI:10.1039/C7NR06461F
Online-Zugang:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7NR06461F
Verlag, Volltext: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2018/nr/c7nr06461f
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Verfasserangaben:Christopher E. Smith, Zuoti Xie, Ioan Bâldea and C. Daniel Frisbie

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