Molecular chain-to-chain tunneling and nanowell devices for electronic transport studies in metal- alkanethiol-metal junctions

Author

Song, Hyunwook ; Choi, Nak-Jin ; Lee, Hyoyoung ; Lee, Takhee

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mater. Sci. & Eng., Gwangju Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Gwangju

Volume

1

fYear

2006

fDate

22-25 Oct. 2006

Firstpage

356

Lastpage

357

Abstract

Electronic transport in metal-alkanethiol-metal junctions is investigated. Using conducting atomic force microscopy we study molecular chain-to-chain tunneling which exhibits molecular tilt dependent intermolecular transport. And molecular devices with nanometer-scale junction area are fabricated and characterized. To clarify the molecular conduction mechanism, temperature-variable current-voltage measurements are performed.

Keywords

MIM devices; atomic force microscopy; electrical conductivity; molecular electronics; nanoelectronics; tunnelling; conducting atomic force microscopy; electronic transport; metal- alkanethiol-metal junctions; molecular chain-to-chain tunneling; molecular conduction mechanism; molecular tilt dependent intermolecular transport; nanometer-scale junction area; nanowell devices; temperature-variable current-voltage measurement; Atomic force microscopy; Atomic layer deposition; Gold; Materials science and technology; Nanoscale devices; Nanostructures; Performance evaluation; Pollution measurement; Self-assembly; Tunneling; Electronic transport; Molecular electronics; Self-assembled monolayer; Tunneling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference, 2006. NMDC 2006. IEEE

Conference_Location

Gyeongju

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0540-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0541-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NMDC.2006.4388765

Filename

4388765