Bias induced transition from an ohmic to a non-ohmic interface in supramolecular tunneling junctions with Ga2O3/EGaIn top electrodes

Nanoscale

Volumn 6, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 11246-11258

  Wimbush, Kim S ^a   Fratila, Raluca M ^a   Wang, Dandan ^b   Qi, Dongchen ^c,f   Liang, Cao ^b   Yuan, Li ^b   Yakovlev, Nikolai ^c   Loh, Kian Ping ^b,e   Reinhoudt, David N ^a   Velders, Aldrik H ^a,d   Nijhuis, Christian A ^b,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e National University of Singapore   (Singapore)

^f LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIAS VOLTAGE; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; OHMIC CONTACTS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

CURRENT RECTIFICATIONS; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL SIDE REACTION; EUTECTIC GALLIUM INDIUMS (EGAIN); EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; MOLECULAR ELECTRONIC JUNCTION; SUPRAMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

EID: 84907157797     PISSN: 20403364     EISSN: 20403372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4nr02933j     Document Type: Article

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