A 17 GHz molecular rectifier

J. Trasobares; D. Vuillaume; D. Théron; N. Clément

doi:10.1038/ncomms12850

Nature Communications (Oct 2016)

A 17 GHz molecular rectifier

J. Trasobares,
D. Vuillaume,
D. Théron,
N. Clément

Affiliations

J. Trasobares: Physics Department, Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology, CNRS and University Lille 1
D. Vuillaume: Physics Department, Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology, CNRS and University Lille 1
D. Théron: Physics Department, Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology, CNRS and University Lille 1
N. Clément: Physics Department, Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology, CNRS and University Lille 1

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12850
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Molecular electronics holds promise to overcome scaling limits of conventional technologies, but is currently limited to low frequency operation. Here, Trasobares et al. show radio frequencies of up to 17.8 GHz in a molecular diode based on ferrocenyl undecanethiol self-assembled monolayers on gold nanodots.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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