Molecular tunnel junctions based on π-conjugated oligoacene thiols and dithiols between Ag, Au, and Pt contacts: Effect of surface linking group and metal work function

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 133, Issue 49, 2011, Pages 19864-19877

  Kim, Bongsoo ^a,b   Choi, Seong Ho ^a   Zhu, X Y ^c   Frisbie, C Daniel ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFM TIP; ATTENUATION FACTORS; BOND DIPOLES; CONDUCTING PROBE-ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPIES; CONTACT BARRIER; CONTACT TYPE; DITHIOL MOLECULES; DITHIOLS; FERMI LEVEL PINNING; INTERFACIAL BONDS; JUNCTION RESISTANCES; LINKING GROUPS; LOW BIAS; METAL WORK FUNCTION; METAL-MOLECULE-METAL JUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR JUNCTION; MOLECULAR LENGTH; MONOTHIOL; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; STRUCTURE DETERMINATION; TETRACENE; TRANSITION VOLTAGE; TRANSPORT MEASUREMENTS; TRIPLE BARRIER; TUNNELING RESISTANCE; VOLTAGE RANGES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; BENZENE; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FERMI LEVEL; METALS; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PLATINUM; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; SILVER; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; WORK FUNCTION;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

ANTHRACENE; BENZENE; GOLD; NAPHTHALENE; OLIGOACENE DITHIOL; OLIGOACENE THIOL; PLATINUM; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYER; SILVER; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL BOND; CONJUGATION; DIPOLE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 83055197048     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja207751w     Document Type: Article

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