| Author(s): |
Wenyong Wang; Takhee Lee; |
| Title: |
Intrinsic Electronic Conduction Mechanisms in Self-Assembled Monolayers |
| Published: |
December 21, 2005 |
| Abstract: |
A review on the mechanisms and characterization methods of molecu- lar electronic transport is presented. Using self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of alkanethiols in a nanometer scale device structure, tunneling is unambiguously demonstrated as the main conduction mechanism for large bandgap SAMs, exhibit- ing well-known temperature and length dependencies. Inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy exhibits clear vibrational modes of the molecules in the device, pre- senting the ?rst direct evidence of the presence of molecules in a molecular device. |
| Citation: |
Introducing Molecular Electronics |
| Publisher: |
Springer, New York, NY |
| Pages: |
24 pp. |
| Keywords: |
self-assembled monolayers;tunneling |
| Research Areas: |
Nanoelectronics and Nanoscale Electronics |
| PDF version: |
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