Nanogap structures for molecular nanoelectronics.
This study is focused on the realization of nanodevices for nano and molecular electronics, based on molecular interactions in a metal-molecule-metal (M-M-M) structure. In an M-M-M system, the electronic function is a property of the structure and can be characterized through I/V measurements. The contact between the metals and the molecule was obtained by gold nanogaps (with a dimension of less than 10 nm), produced with the electromigration technique. The nanogap fabrication was controlled by a custom hardware and the related software system. The studies were carried out through experiments and simulations of organic molecules, in particular oligothiophenes.
Department of Electronics, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy. paolo.motto@polito.it.
Paolo
P
Motto
Alice
A
Dimonte
Ismael
I
Rattalino
Danilo
D
Demarchi
Gianluca
G
Piccinini
Pierluigi
P
Civera