The fabrication and characterization of adjustable nanogaps between gold electrodes on chip for electrical measurement of single molecules

Nanotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 27, 2010, Pages

  Tian, Jing Hua ^a,b   Yang, Yang ^a   Liu, Bo ^a   Schöllhorn, Bernd ^b   Wu, De Yin ^a   Maisonhaute, Emmanuel ^b   Muns, Anna Serra ^b   Chen, Yong ^b   Amatore, Christian ^b   Tao, Nong Jian ^c   Tian, Zhong Qun ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; CHEMICAL ETCHING; CONDUCTANCE VALUES; CONVENTIONAL PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; DITHIOLS; ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT; FABRICATION METHOD; GOLD ELECTRODES; LOW COSTS; MECHANICALLY CONTROLLABLE BREAK JUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR SYSTEMS; NANO-GAP; NANOGAPS; ON CHIPS; SINGLE MOLECULE;

BENZENE; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; FABRICATION; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; MOLECULES; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 77954009627     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/27/274012     Document Type: Article

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