Nanoscale electrical investigation of layer-by-layer grown molecular wires.

Musumeci, Chiara; Zappalà, Gabriella; Martsinovich, Natalia; Orgiu, Emanuele; Schuster, Swen; Quici, Silvio; Zharnikov, Michael; Troisi, Alessandro et al. · Adv Mater · 2014

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Nanoscopic metal-molecule-metal junctions consisting of Fe-bis(terpyridine)-based ordered nanostructures are grown in layer-by-layer fashion on a solid support. Hopping is demonstrated as the main charge-transport mechanism both experimentally and theoretically.