Origin of the humidity sensitivity of AI/AIOxMHA/Au molecular tunnel junctions

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 46, 2007, Pages 14470-14474

  Zhang, Xiaohang ^a   McGill, Stephen A ^a,b   Xiong, Peng ^a  

^a Florida State University   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIER HEIGHTS; MOLECULAR INTERFACES; MOLECULAR TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; SUPERCONDUCTING CONDUCTANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; GOLD; MONOLAYERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; ALUMINUM OXIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DECANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GOLD; MERCAPTOHEXADECANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; DEVICE; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HUMIDITY; HYDRATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MONOLAYER CULTURE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 36448929123     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0758988     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. For a review, see: Joachim, C.; Ratner, M. A. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2005, 102, 8801.
2. Lodha, S.; Janes, D. B. J. Appl. Phys. 2006, 100, 024503.
3. Wang, W. Y.; Lee, T. H.; Reed, M. A. Phys. Rev. B 2003, 68, 035416.
4. Kushmerick, J. G.; Holt, D. B.; Yang, J. C.; Naciri, J.; Moore, M. H.; Shashidhar. R. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2002, 89, 086802.
5. Rampi, M. A.; Whitesides, G. M. Chem. Phys. 2002, 281, 373-391.
6. Long, D. P.; Lazorcik, J. L.; Mantooth, B. A.; Moore, M. H.; Ratner, M. A.; Troisi, A.; Yao, Y. X.; Ciszek, J. W.; Tour, J. M.; Shashidhar, R. Nat. Mater. 2006, 5, 901.
7. (a) Park, J.; Pasupathy, A. N.; Goldsmith, J. I.; Chang, C.; Yaish, Y.; Petta, J. R.; Rinkoski, M.; Sethna, J. P.; Abruna, H. D.; McEuen, P. L.; Ralph, D. C. Nature (London) 2002, 417, 722.
8. (b) Liang, W.; Shores, M. P.; Bockrath, M.; Long, J. R.; Park, H. Nature (London) 2002, 417, 725.
9. (a) Bumm, L. A.; Arnold, J. J.; Dunbar, T. D.; Allara, D. L.; Weiss, P. S. J. Phys. Chem. B 1999, 103, 8122-8127.
10. (b) Cui, X. D.; Primak, A.; Zarate, X.; Tomfohr, J.; Sankey, O. F.; Moore, A. L.; Moore, T. A.; Gust, D.; Harris, G.; Lindsay, S. M. Science 2001, 294, 571.
11. (a) Salomon, A.; Cahen, D.; Lindsay, S.; Tomfohr, J.; Engelkes, V. B.; Frisbie, D. Adv. Mater. 2003, 15, 1881-1890.
12. (b) Selzer, Y.; Cai, L. T.; Cabassi, M. A.; Yao, Y. X.; Tour, J. M.; Mayer, T. S.; Allara, D. L. Nano Lett. 2005, 5, 61-65.
13. Meservey, R.; Tedrow, P. M. Phys. Rep. 1994, 238, 173-243 (review section of Phys. Lett.).
14. (a) Allara, D. L.; Nuzzo, R. G. Langmuir 1985, 1, 45-52.
15. (b) Tao, Y. T. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 115, 4350-4358.
16. (c) van den Brand, J.; Blajiev, O.; Beentjes, P. C. J.; Terryn, H.; de Wit, J. H. W. Langmuir 2004, 20, 6308.
17. Dynes, R. C.; Narayanamurti, V.; Garno, J. P. Phys. Rev. Lett. 1978, 41, 1509-1512.
18. Wang, W. Y.; Lee, T. H.; Kretzschmar, I.; Reed, M. A. Nano Lett. 2004, 4, 643-646.
19. Higo, M.; Kamata, S. Anal. Sci. 2002, 18, 227.
20. Lambe, J.; Jaklevic, R. C. Phys. Rev. 1968, 165, 821.
21. In IETS, the stretching mode of C=O in the carboxylate group is usually seen as a shifted and much broadened and diminished peak, compared to that in IR absorption. See ref 14.
22. Petit, C.; Salace, G.; Vuillaume, D. J. Appl. Phys. 2004, 96, 5042.
23. Kessel, C. R.; Granick, S. Langmuir 1991, 7, 532-538.
24. Simmons, J. G. J. App. Phys. 1963, 34, 1793.
25. Brinkman, W. F.; Dynes, R. C.; Rowell, J. M. J. Appl. Phys. 1970, 41, 1915.
26. Santos, T. S.; Lee, J. S.; Migdal, P.; Lekshmi, I. C.; Satpati, B.; Moodera, J. S. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2007, 98, 016601.
27. Gloos, K.; Koppinen, P. J.; Pekola, J. P. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 2003, 15, 1733.
28. Hamadani, B. H.; Corley, D. A.; Ciszek, J. W.; Tour, J. M.; Natelson, D. Nano Lett. 2006, 6, 1303.