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

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.

Keywords: conductive atomic force microscopy; layer-by-layer self-assembly; metal-terpyridine complexes; molecular electronics; nanojunctions.