Abstract
The effect of metal-molecule contacts in molecular junctions is studied based on the analysis of a statistically significant number of devices and a proposed multibarrier tunneling (MBT) model, where a metal-molecule-metal junction is divided into three individual barriers: a molecular-chain body and metal-molecule contacts on either side of molecule. Using the MBT model with the statistical analysis, we could derive and distinguish decay coefficients for contact barriers (β1, β2), contact-dependent and contact-independent decay coefficients (β0 vs βbody), and specific contact resistances in terms of different molecular length and different natures of metal-molecule contacts.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 205320 |
| Journal | Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue number | 20 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2007 Nov 20 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics