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Nature Nanotechnology 3, 187 - 188 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.81

Subject Category: Electronic properties and devices

Molecular junctions: Seeing is believing

Latha Venkataraman1

  1. Latha Venkataraman is in the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York 10027, USA
    e-mail: lv2117@columbia.edu


The ability to perform optical measurements on a single molecule placed between two electrodes while also measuring the current flowing through it could herald a new generation of experiments on molecular junctions.

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