How To Drive a Flashing Electron Ratchet To Maximize Current

Kedem, Ofer; Lau, Bryan; Weiss, Emily A.

doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b03118

Title: How To Drive a Flashing Electron Ratchet To Maximize Current

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^[1]; Lau, Bryan ^[2];

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Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States). Center for Bio-Inspired Energy Science
Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States). Center for Bio-Inspired Energy Science, and Dept. of Chemistry

Publication Date:: Thu Aug 17 00:00:00 EDT 2017

Research Org.:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Bio-Inspired Energy Science (CBES)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

OSTI Identifier:: 1469978

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0000989

Resource Type:: Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Nano Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 17; Journal Issue: 9; Related Information: CBES partners with Northwestern University (lead); Harvard University; New York University; Pennsylvania State University; University of Michigan; University of Pittsburgh; Journal ID: ISSN 1530-6984

Publisher:: American Chemical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; catalysis (homogeneous); solar (photovoltaic); bio-inspired; charge transport; mesostructured materials; materials and chemistry by design; synthesis (novel materials); synthesis (self-assembly)

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