title: The study of charge transport through organic thin films: mechanism, tools and applications.
abstract: In this paper, we discuss the current state of organic and molecular-scale electronics, some experimental methods used to characterize charge transport through molecular junctions and some theoretical models (superexchange and barrier tunnelling models) used to explain experimental results. Junctions incorporating self-assembled monolayers of organic molecules - and, in particular, junctions with mercury-drop electrodes - are described in detail, as are the issues of irreproducibility associated with such junctions (due, in part, to defects at the metal-molecule interface).
authors: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
authors: Emily A
authors: EA
authors: Weiss
authors: Jennah K
authors: JK
authors: Kriebel
authors: Maria-Anita
authors: MA
authors: Rampi
authors: George M
authors: GM
authors: Whitesides