Ultrasmooth gold as a top metal electrode for molecular electronic devices

ECS Transactions

Volumn 16, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 139-146

  Coll, M ^a   Hacker, C A ^a   Miller, L H ^a   Hines, D R ^b   Williams, E D ^c   Richter, C A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LABORATORY FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOH-TERMINATED ALKANETHIOLS; COVALENT BONDING; CRITICAL CHALLENGES; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; H-SI (111); HIGH QUALITY; METAL ELECTRODES; METALLIC CONTACTS; MODERATE PRESSURES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR ELECTRONIC DEVICE; MOLECULAR ORDERING; NANOELECTRONIC DEVICES; NANOTRANSFER PRINTING (NTP); NON-DESTRUCTIVE TECHNIQUE; ORGANIC MONOLAYERS; POLYMERIC SUBSTRATE; TWO PARAMETER;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GOLD; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; MONOLAYERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SELF ASSEMBLY; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUBSTRATES;

CONFORMATIONS;

EID: 69349091688     PISSN: 19385862     EISSN: 19386737     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1149/1.3115533     Document Type: Conference Paper

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