Molecular junctions of self-assembled monolayers with conducting polymer contacts

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 9920-9931

  Neuhausen, Alexander B ^a   Hosseini, Ali ^a   Sulpizio, Joseph A ^a   Chidsey, Christopher E D ^a   Goldhaber Gordon, David ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alkanethiol; conductive polymer; molecular electronics; self assembled monolayer; transport; variable range hopping

Indexed keywords

ALKANETHIOLS; AMPHIPHILIC POLYMERS; CONDUCTIVE POLYMER; DISORDERED CONDUCTORS; E-BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; GOLD CONTACTS; HIGH YIELD; HYDROPHILIC TERMINATION; INORGANIC DIELECTRICS; LATERAL DIMENSION; LOW TEMPERATURES; MAGNITUDE REDUCTION; MOLECULAR JUNCTION; MONOLAYER THICKNESS; NANO SCALE; NEW DESIGN; PEDOT:PSS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SAMS; SOFT CONTACTS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TERMINAL GROUPS; TOP CONTACT; TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT MEASUREMENTS; TUNNEL BARRIER; VARIABLE-RANGE HOPPING;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; HYDROPHILICITY; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS;

SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

NANOMATERIAL; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MICROELECTRODE; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROELECTRODES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84870462285     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn3035183     Document Type: Article

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