Fabrication and characterization of interconnected nanowell molecular electronic devices in crossbar architecture

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 574-581

  Martin, Zena L ^e   Majumdar, Nabanita ^e   Cabral, Michael J ^a   Gergel Hackett, Nadine ^b   Camacho Alanis, Fernanda ^a   Swami, Nathan ^a   Bean, John C ^a   Harriott, Lloyd R ^a   Yao, Y ^c   Tour, James M ^d   Long, D ^e   Shashidhar, R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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

^c Sigma Aldrich   (United States)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Electrical contacts; Interconnected devices; Molecular electronics; Semiconductor device fabrication

Indexed keywords

BILAYER RESISTS; BOTTOM CONTACTS; CIRCUIT ARCHITECTURES; CONTACT LAYERS; CROSSBAR ARCHITECTURE; DEVICE ARCHITECTURES; DEVICE CHARACTERISTICS; DEVICE LAYERS; ELECTRICAL CONTACTS; EQUIVALENT CONDUCTIVITY; FACILE FABRICATION; FILAMENT FORMATION; INTERCONNECTED DEVICES; LOW CONDUCTIVITY; METAL CONTACTS; MICROELECTRONIC FABRICATION; MOLECULAR DEPOSITION; MOLECULAR DEVICE; MOLECULAR ELECTRONIC DEVICE; MOLECULAR JUNCTION; MOLECULAR LAYER; MOLECULAR MONOLAYER; MOLECULAR SIGNATURES; MOLECULAR TRANSPORT; NANOWELL; PARALLEL CONFIGURATION; PHASE DEPOSITION; POST-DEPOSITION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FABRICATION; SHADOW MASK; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TOP CONTACT; VAPOR PHASE; VAPOR PHASE DEPOSITION;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; FABRICATION; GOLD; INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS; MICROELECTRONIC PROCESSING; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; MONOLAYERS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYETHYLENES; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES; SUBSTRATES; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; VAPORS;

ELECTRON DEVICES;

EID: 70349316556     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2009.2021161     Document Type: Article

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