Electrical readouts of single and few molecule systems in metal-molecule-metal device structures

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2134-2138

  Mahapatro, Ajit K ^a   Janes, David B ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromigration; Large area molecular devices; Molecular junctions; Nanogap; Stamping technique; Ultra flat gold surface

Indexed keywords

(1 1 0) SURFACE; (3-GLYCIDOXYPROPYL) TRIMETHOXYSILANE; (E ,3E) PROCESS; AU LAYER; AU(1 1 1) ELECTRODES; AU(111) FILMS; BEST AVAILABLE TECHNIQUES (BAT); BOTTOM CONTACT (BC); CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; DEVICE STRUCTURES; DITHIOL; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTION; FUNCTIONALIZED; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS; MOLECULAR JUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR MONOLAYERS; MOLECULAR SELF ASSEMBLIES; NANO GAPS; NANOMETER SEPARATION; ROOM-TEMPERATURE (RT); SI(2 1 1) SUBSTRATES; SINGLE MOLECULE (SM); TEST BEDS; ULTRAFLAT;

EPITAXIAL GROWTH; EQUIPMENT TESTING; FORMING; GOLD ALLOYS; METAL FORMING; METALLIZING; METALS; MOLECULES; OPTICAL DESIGN; PHOTORESISTS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SEPARATION; STRUCTURAL METALS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

GOLD;

METAL; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; METALS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 34548451580     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2007.783     Document Type: Conference Paper

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