Single-molecule electrical contacts on silicon electrodes under ambient conditions

Albert C. Aragonès; Nadim Darwish; Simone Ciampi; Fausto Sanz; J. Justin Gooding; Ismael Díez-Pérez

doi:10.1038/ncomms15056

Nature Communications (Apr 2017)

Single-molecule electrical contacts on silicon electrodes under ambient conditions

Albert C. Aragonès,
Nadim Darwish,
Simone Ciampi,
Fausto Sanz,
J. Justin Gooding,
Ismael Díez-Pérez

Affiliations

Albert C. Aragonès: Department of Materials Science and Physical Chemistry & Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (IQTC), University of Barcelona
Nadim Darwish: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science & Engineering, Curtin University, Nanochemistry Research Institute
Simone Ciampi: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science & Engineering, Curtin University, Nanochemistry Research Institute
Fausto Sanz: Department of Materials Science and Physical Chemistry & Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (IQTC), University of Barcelona
J. Justin Gooding: School of Chemistry and Australian Centre for NanoMedicine, The University of New South Wales
Ismael Díez-Pérez: Department of Materials Science and Physical Chemistry & Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (IQTC), University of Barcelona

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15056
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The next level of miniaturization of electronic circuits calls for a connection between current single-molecule and traditional semiconductor processing technologies. Here, the authors show a method to prepare metal/molecule/silicon diodes that present high current rectification ratios exceeding 4,000.

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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