Self-assembled molecular nanowires of 6,13-Bis(methylthio)pentacene: growth, electrical properties, and applications.
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.
Wakayama
Yutaka
Y
Advanced Electronic Materials Center, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan. WAKAYAMA.Yutaka@nims.go.jp
Hayakawa
Ryoma
R
Chikyow
Toyohiro
T
Machida
Shinichi
S
Nakayama
Tomonobu
T
Egger
Stefan
S
de Oteyza
Dimas G
DG
Dosch
Helmut
H
Kobayashi
Kenji
K