Electron tunneling through self-assembled monolayers (SAM's) of alkanethiols is investigated using nanometer-scale devices. Temperature-dependent current-voltage measurements are performed on alkanethiol SAM's to distinguish between different conduction mechanisms. Temperature-independent electron transport is observed, proving that tunneling is the dominant conduction mechanism of alkanethiols, as well as exhibiting an exponential dependence of tunneling current on the molecule length with a decay coefficient. From the bias dependence of, a barrier height ₁ of 1. 390. 01eV and a zero-field decay coefficient ₀ of 0. 790. 01^-1 are determined for alkanethiols.
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Wenyong Wang
Takhee Lee
Mark A. Reed
Physical review. B, Condensed matter
Yale University
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www.synapsesocial.com/papers/69c65d08401c45e86df258f9 — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.68.035416