Alkyl monolayer-passivated metal-semiconductor diodes: Molecular tunability and electron transport

ChemPhysChem

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 799-802

  Liu, Yong Jun ^a   Yu, Hua Zhong ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electron transport; Mercury; Molecular devices; Monolayers; Silicon semiconductors

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; MERCURY (METAL); MONOLAYERS; PASSIVATION; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

ALKYL MONOLAYERS; EFFECTIVE BARRIER HEIGHTS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; METAL-SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR DEVICE; MOLECULAR DIODES; MOLECULAR MONOLAYER; SILICON SURFACES;

SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES;

MERCURY; METAL; SILICON;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLID STATE;

EID: 0037120136     PISSN: 14394235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1439-7641(20020916)3:9<799::AID-CPHC799>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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