NANOPATTERNED CROSSBAR STRUCTURES FOR MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS

2005 ◽  
Vol 04 (04) ◽  
pp. 461-465
Author(s):  
JIE DENG ◽  
BENG TIAM SAW ◽  
K. H. AARON LAU ◽  
OLIVER WILHELMI ◽  
HERBERT O. MOSER ◽  
...  

Nano-patterned crossbar structures were fabricated as test structures for the development of nanoelectronic devices based on functional molecules. The crossbar structures serve as a platform for testing electronic properties of molecules and their interface to metal electrodes. The fabrication of the crossbar structures involved electron-beam lithography of sub-100-nm features aligned to electrodes pre-patterned by UV lithography and the deposition of and pattern transfer into an intermediate layer. The molecules to be tested were self-assembled as a monolayer on the nano-patterned area. The top electrode structures were subsequently deposited on top of the intermediate layer. The crossbar architecture allows measuring the current-voltage characteristics across the molecules for each crossing point individually.

1999 ◽  
Vol 571 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.S. Ginger ◽  
N.C. Greenham

ABSTRACTWe study injection and transport in thin disordered films of CdSe nanocrystals between metal electrodes, We investigate the current-voltage characteristics of these devices as a function of electrode material, nanocrystal size, and temperature. We also measure the photocurrent response of these devices, and find that the photocurrent action spectra follow the quantum-confined absorption spectra of the nanocrystals. For dissimilar top and bottom electrodes, we find that the devices are highly rectifying. By studying space charge limited currents in these devices, we are able to place a lower bound on the effective carrier mobility in such films, and we find that the effective mobility is strongly field dependent. We find that the conductivity is strongly temperature dependent, and is qualitatively consistent with an activated hopping process at temperatures above 180 K.


2001 ◽  
Vol 148 (9) ◽  
pp. H132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashi Takeuchi ◽  
Shingo Watanabe ◽  
Yoshiyasu Hatano ◽  
Miki Kuwano ◽  
Yukari Eguchi ◽  
...  

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (30) ◽  
pp. 5657-5669 ◽  
Author(s):  
SEIFOLLAH JALILI ◽  
ABDOLHAKIM PANGH

We investigated the electron transport properties of thiophen-bithiol-based molecular wires through atomic metal–thiophen–metal systems using the first principle methods. Various metal–thiophen–metal atomic systems are constructed with different end atoms (S, Se, and Te). The electron transport of the atomic system is systematically studied by analysis of transmission function, density of states, and current–voltage characteristics of the systems.


2016 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 1055-1067 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharina Luka-Guth ◽  
Sebastian Hambsch ◽  
Andreas Bloch ◽  
Philipp Ehrenreich ◽  
Bernd Michael Briechle ◽  
...  

We report on an experimental study of the charge transport through tunnel gaps formed by adjustable gold electrodes immersed into different solvents that are commonly used in the field of molecular electronics (ethanol, toluene, mesitylene, 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene, isopropanol, toluene/tetrahydrofuran mixtures) for the study of single-molecule contacts of functional molecules. We present measurements of the conductance as a function of gap width, conductance histograms as well as current–voltage characteristics of narrow gaps and discuss them in terms of the Simmons model, which is the standard model for describing transport via tunnel barriers, and the resonant single-level model, often applied to single-molecule junctions. One of our conclusions is that stable junctions may form from solvents as well and that both conductance–distance traces and current–voltage characteristics have to be studied to distinguish between contacts of solvent molecules and of molecules under study.


2021 ◽  
Vol 63 (9) ◽  
pp. 1233
Author(s):  
К.Ю. Арутюнов ◽  
Я.С. Лехтинен ◽  
Д.О. Трефилов ◽  
А.А. Радкевич ◽  
А.Г. Семенов ◽  
...  

Utilization of superconducting materials for the new generation of nanoelectronic devices seems extremely tempting from the point of view of the absence of Joule heating. However, in small systems, the role of fluctuations can be very significant. In this work, the transport properties of thin superconducting titanium nanostructures were studied experimentally and theoretically. It has been shown that quantum fluctuations of the order parameter have a dif-ferent impact on integral and local characteristics of a quasi-one-dimensional superconductor. In sufficiently thin nanowires, a finite electrical resistance can be observed at the lowest tem-peratures, while the tunneling current-voltage characteristics exhibit only slightly broadened gap singularity and a finite Josephson current. The observation is of fundamental importance for understanding the phenomenon of mesoscopic superconductivity and should be taken into account when designing nanometer scale cryoelectronic devices.


2014 ◽  
Vol 554 ◽  
pp. 155-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadia Mahmoudi Khatir ◽  
Zulkurnain Abdul-Malek ◽  
Seyedeh Maryam Banihashemian

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), as the most important molecule in nature, holds promise as a key element of the molecular electronics as its utilization in the synthesis of electronic devices such as micro and nanosensors has increased remarkably during the recent years. Our work is devoted to an experimental study of the electrical resistivity of a gold-DNA-gold (GDG) structure in the presence of a variable external magnetic field. The DNA strands, extracted by the PCR method, were used to fabricate the GDG structures. The resistivity of the structure was found to rise sharply with the magnitude of the exerted magnetic field due to onset and progression of the cyclotron effects in charge carriers. Such a distinct current-voltage signature can possibly be employed for realization of an accurate magnetic sensor.


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