Wenyong Wang et al 2005 Rep. Prog. Phys. 68 523 doi:10.1088/0034-4885/68/3/R01
Wenyong Wang1, Takhee Lee2 and Mark A Reed3
Show affiliationsA review on the mechanisms and characterization methods of electronic transport through self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) is presented. Using SAMs of alkanethiols in a nanometre scale device structure, tunnelling is unambiguously demonstrated as the main intrinsic conduction mechanism for defect-free large bandgap SAMs, exhibiting well-known temperature and length dependences. Inelastic electron tunnelling spectroscopy exhibits clear vibrational modes of the molecules in the device, presenting direct evidence of the presence of molecules in the device.
Issue 3 (March 2005)
Received 26 July 2004
Published 31 January 2005
Wenyong Wang et al 2005 Rep. Prog. Phys. 68 523
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