title: Large On-Off Ratios and Negative Differential Resistance in a Molecular Electronic Device.
abstract: A molecule containing a nitroamine redox center (2'-amino-4-ethynylphenyl-4'-ethynylphenyl-5'-nitro-1-benzenethiol) was used in the active self-assembled monolayer in an electronic device. Current-voltage measurements of the device exhibited negative differential resistance and an on-off peak-to-valley ratio in excess of 1000:1.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, and Physics, Yale University, Post Office Box 208284, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. Department of Chemistry and Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University, Mail Stop 222, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA.
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Reed
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Rawlett
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Tour