Abstract
We present a review on the electronic transport properties through alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers in microscale or nanoscale metal-molecule-metal junctions. Here, we focused on the charge conduction mechanisms and the metal-molecule contact effects in molecular junctions. The main conduction through alkanethiol molecules occurs is a elastic tunneling, while inelastic tunneling occurs via coupling with tunneling electrons and molecular vibrational modes at low temperature. Statistical analyses on the electronic transport properties provide an insight of metal-molecule contact effect in the conduction mechanism.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Comprehensive Nanoscience and Technology |
Publisher | Elsevier Inc. |
Pages | 463-487 |
Number of pages | 25 |
Volume | 1-5 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780123743909 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780123743961 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2010 Jan 1 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Alkanethiol
- Conduction mechanism
- Decay coefficients
- Inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy
- Metal-molecule contact
- Molecular electronics
- Multibarrier tunneling model
- Simmons model
- Tunneling
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Engineering(all)
- Materials Science(all)