title: Self-assembled molecular nanowires of 6,13-Bis(methylthio)pentacene: growth, electrical properties, and applications.
abstract: We demonstrate a comprehensive study of self-assembled molecular nanowire, including molecular design, one-dimensional crystal growth, resistivity measurement of individual wire, and application to a field-effect transistor. Appropriate molecular design and control of interfacial interactions lead to single crystalline wire growth with an extensive pi-stacking motif. Resistivity measurements of an individual molecular wire indicate that these structural features are advantageous for electrical transport. Finally, field-effect transistors with single- and double-wire channels were fabricated to give some indication of the potential application of the molecular wires.
authors.affiliation: Advanced Electronic Materials Center, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan. WAKAYAMA.Yutaka@nims.go.jp
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wakayama
authors.forename: Ryoma
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authors.lastname: Hayakawa
authors.forename: Toyohiro
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authors.lastname: Chikyow
authors.forename: Shinichi
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authors.lastname: Machida
authors.forename: Tomonobu
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authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: Stefan
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authors.lastname: Egger
authors.forename: Dimas G
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authors.lastname: de Oteyza
authors.forename: Helmut
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authors.lastname: Dosch
authors.forename: Kenji
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authors.lastname: Kobayashi