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A Study on the Current-Voltage Characteristics of Self-Assembled Organic Molecules by using STM  

Kim Seung-Un (Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Dong-A University)
Shin Hoon-Kyu (Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Dong-A University)
Kwon Young-Soo (Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Dong-A University)
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KIEE International Transactions on Electrophysics and Applications / v.5C, no.3, 2005 , pp. 115-118 More about this Journal
Abstract
Currently, molecular devices are reported utilizing active self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) containing the nitro group as the active component, which has active redox centers [1]. SAMs are ordered molecular structures formed by the adsorption of an active surfactant on a solid surface. The molecules will be spontaneously oriented toward the substrate surface and form an energetically favorable ordered layer. During this process, the surface-active head group of the molecule chemically reacts with and chemisorbs onto the substrate In this paper, the electrical properties of the 4'4- di(ethynylphenyl)-2'-nitro-1-benzenethiolate was confirmed. This material is well known as a conducting molecule having possible application to molecular level negative differential resistance (NDR) device. To deposit the self-assembly monolayers onto the gold electrode, the prefabricated Au(1 l l) substrates were immersed into 0.5[mM/l] self-assembly molecule in THF solution. Then, the electrical properties and surface morphologies of 4' 4-di(ethynylphenyl)-2' -nitro-1-benzenethiolate were measured by using the ultra-high vacuum scanning tunneling microscopy (UHV-STM).
Keywords
self-assembled monolayers; NDR; UHV-STM;
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