title: Systematic cross-linking changes within a self-assembled monolayer in a nanogap junction: a tool for investigating the intermolecular electronic coupling.
abstract: Here, we show that a controllable cross-linking within a self-assembled monolayer can be used as a tool for investigating the (lateral) intermolecular coupling between adjacent organic molecules. We draw this conclusion based on macroscopic electrical experiments with self-assembled hexyltrichlorosilane (HTS) having different degrees of Si-O-Si intermolecular bonds in a planar nanogap junction.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Chemical Engineering and Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel.
authors.forename: Yair
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Paska
authors.forename: Hossam
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Haick