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Soft Deposition of Large-Area Metal Contacts for Molecular Electronics†

  1. K. T. Shimizu,
  2. J. D. Fabbri,
  3. J. J. Jelincic,
  4. N. A. Melosh

Article first published online: 10 MAY 2006

DOI: 10.1002/adma.200600195

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 18, Issue 12, pages 1499–1504, June, 2006

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How to Cite

Shimizu, K. T., Fabbri, J. D., Jelincic, J. J. and Melosh, N. A. (2006), Soft Deposition of Large-Area Metal Contacts for Molecular Electronics. Adv. Mater., 18: 1499–1504. doi: 10.1002/adma.200600195

Author Information

  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA

  1. †

    The authors thank Prof. J. F. Stoddart for the rotaxane molecules, Dr. D. Barsic and T. Carver for assistance in microfabrication processing, and R. Pala and M. Mager for thoughtful discussions. J. J. thanks Stanford URP for funding. This work was supported by the NSF career award DMR 0449385 and DOE project DE-AC02-76SF00515.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 20 JUN 2006
  2. Article first published online: 10 MAY 2006
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 17 MAR 2006
  4. Manuscript Received: 31 JAN 2006

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Keywords:

  • Gold;
  • Langmuir–Blodgett techniques;
  • Molecular electronics;
  • Monolayers;
  • Photolithography;
  • Rotaxanes
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Large-area molecular-electronic devices are fabricated by polymer-assisted soft deposition of the top metal contact in aqueous solution (see figure). A series of monomolecular fatty-acid tunnel junctions and a rotaxane switching junction with working areas from 10 μm2 to 9 mm2 are investigated.

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