Ex) Article Title, Author, Keywords
Ex) Article Title, Author, Keywords
New Physics: Sae Mulli 2015; 65: 1053-1057
Published online November 30, 2015 https://doi.org/10.3938/NPSM.65.1053
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Inho JEONG, Hyunwook SONG*
Department of Applied Physics, Kyung Hee University, Yongin 17104, Korea
Correspondence to:hsong@khu.ac.kr
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We use conducting atomic force microscopy with a variety of measurement techniques to study charge transport in alkanedithiol self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) formed in metal-molecule-metal junctions. The temperature-independent current-voltage behavior and the correct exponential decay of the conductance with respect to the molecular length show that the dominant charge transport mechanism for alkanedithiol SAMs is tunneling. In addition, length-variable transition-voltage measurements indicate that the energy barrier height for charge transport in alkanedithiol SAMs is independent of the molecular length.
Keywords: Molecular electronics, Alkanedithiol, Self-assembled Monolayers, Charge transport
전도성 원자힘 현미경을 이용하여 금속-분자-금속 접합 구조에서 형성된 알칸다이사이올 (alkanedithiol) 자기-조립 단분자층의 전하수송을 연구하였다. 온도 변화에 따른 알칸다이사이올 단분자층의 전류-전압 특성과 알칸다이사이올 분자 길이에 따른 전도도를 측정하였다. 본 연구에서 측정된 실험결과는 알칸다이사이올 단분자층을 통한 전하수송이 터널링 (tunneling)에 의한 것임을 보여준다. 또한 전하수송에 대한 에너지 장벽의 크기가 알칸다이사이올 분자 길이에 의존하지 않고 일정한 값을 갖는 것으로 관찰 되었다.
Keywords: 분자전자학, 알칸다이사이올, 자기-조립 단분자층, 전하수송