ORGANIC QUANTUM-WELLS - MOLECULAR RECTIFICATION AND SINGLE-ELECTRON TUNNELING

被引:97
作者
FISCHER, CM
BURGHARD, M
ROTH, S
VONKLITZING, K
机构
[1] Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart, 70569
来源
EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1994年 / 28卷 / 02期
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D O I
10.1209/0295-5075/28/2/009
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We present the first direct observation of molecular rectification as a consequence of asymmetric tunneling process through molecular quantum wells. In addition, single-electron tunnelling effects were observed which might be attributed to the charging of single molecules or molecular stacks. As molecular systems we used LB-film-based heterostructures consisting of an octasubstituted metallophthalocyanine and a perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxyldiimide derivative sandwiched between two gold electrodes. By using a special thermal evaporation technique to deposit the top gold electrode, we have overcome the problem of short circuits and were able to fabricate highly reproducible devices.
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页码:129 / 134
页数:6
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