Lateral electrical conduction in organic monolayer

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作者
Ishida, T
Mizutani, W
Akiba, U
Umemura, K
Inoue, A
Choi, N
Fujihira, M
Tokumoto, H
机构
[1] ATP, JRCAT, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3050046, Japan
[2] NAIR, JRCAT, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058562, Japan
[3] Tokyo Inst Technol, Fac Biosci & Biotechnol, Dept Biomol Engn, Midori Ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 2268501, Japan
[4] Electrotech Lab, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058568, Japan
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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B | 1999年 / 103卷 / 10期
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10.1021/jp983547x
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Electric conductivity of organic molecules was estimated with molecular resolution using self-assembled techniques and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). Conjugated molecules of [1,1':4',1 "-terphenyl]-4-methanethiol (TP) were embedded in self-assembled monolayers of insulative n-alkanethiols, and when observed by STM, TP molecules appeared as protruding domains. The apparent height of the TP domains increases as the lateral size of the domains grows from 1 to 10 nm, reflecting the increase in the vertical conductance of the domains due to the lateral, intermolecular interaction. We assumed that the molecules are connected to each other with resistors for estimating the effect of intermolecular interaction on the conductance and calculated the height of conducting disks with various radii, which should roughly reproduce the size-dependent height of the TP domains observed by STM. The estimated resistance of the single TP molecule was less than 40 G Omega, and the effective lateral conductivity corresponding to the large TP domains was larger than 0.01 S/cm.
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