학술논문

Use of nanogap structures for molecular nanoelectronics
Document Type
Conference
Source
The 4th IEEE International NanoElectronics Conference Nanoelectronics Conference (INEC), 2011 IEEE 4th International. :1-2 Jun, 2011
Subject
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Computing and Processing
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Metals
Junctions
Hardware
Carbon
Software systems
Electromigration
Molecular electronics
nanogaps
molecular electronics
Metal-Molecule-Metal junction
Language
ISSN
2159-3523
2159-3531
Abstract
This work is focused on the realization of nanodevices for electronics based on molecular interactions. The electronic function is a property of the Metal-Molecule-Metal (M-M-M) structure and consists in the I-V characterization. The contact between the metals and the molecule is obtained by gold nanogaps (with a dimension less than 10 nm) through electromigration. This phenomenon is controlled by a custom hardware and software system. The M-M-M junction is what authors have studied through experiments and simulations of molecules made mainly by organic carbon rings. The characterizations of the molecules are done with an electrometer.