Highly nonlinear transport across single-molecule junctions via destructive quantum interference.
Journal
Nature nanotechnology
ISSN: 1748-3395
Titre abrégé: Nat Nanotechnol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101283273
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2021
Mar 2021
Historique:
received:
19
02
2020
accepted:
29
10
2020
pubmed:
9
12
2020
medline:
9
12
2020
entrez:
8
12
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
To rival the performance of modern integrated circuits, single-molecule devices must be designed to exhibit extremely nonlinear current-voltage (I-V) characteristics
Identifiants
pubmed: 33288949
doi: 10.1038/s41565-020-00807-x
pii: 10.1038/s41565-020-00807-x
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
313-317Subventions
Organisme : National Science Foundation (NSF)
ID : DGE-1644869
Organisme : National Science Foundation (NSF)
ID : DMR-1807580
Organisme : RCUK | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
ID : EP/P02744X/2 and EP/N035496/2
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