Upscaling, integration and electrical characterization of molecular junctions

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 749-754

  Van Hal, Paul A ^a   Smits, Edsger C P ^a,b,c   Geuns, Tom C T ^a   Akkerman, Hylke B ^b   De Brito, Bianca C ^a   Perissinotto, Stefano ^d   Lanzani, Guglielmo ^d   Kronemeijer, Auke J ^b   Geskin, Victor ^e   Cornil, Jérôme ^e   Blom, Paul W M ^b   De Boer, Bert ^b   De Leeuw, Dago M ^a,b  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c DUTCH POLYMER INSTITUTE DPI   (Netherlands)

^d POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELECTRODES; GOLD;

ALKANETHIOL MONOLAYERS; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT; FUNCTIONAL MOLECULES; GOLD TOP ELECTRODES; JUNCTION RESISTANCES; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; SELF ASSEMBLY PROCESS;

MONOLAYERS;

GOLD; NANOMATERIAL; POLYMER; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYER;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; NANOFABRICATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 57449119297     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2008.305     Document Type: Article

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