Impact of Anchoring Groups on Ballistic Transport: Single Molecule vs Monolayer Junctions

• Published in: Journal of physical chemistry. C Vol. 119; no. 36; pp. 21198 - 21208
• Main Authors: Obersteiner, Veronika, Egger, David A, Zojer, Egbert
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 10.09.2015
• Subjects: Anchoring; Charge; chemical structure; Devices; Electric potential; electric power; electronics; methodology; Molecular structure; Monolayers; Nanomaterials; Tuning

Tuning the transport properties of molecular junctions by chemically modifying the molecular structure is one of the key challenges for advancing the field of molecular electronics. In the present contribution, we investigate current–voltage characteristics of differently linked metal–molecule–metal...