Surface Junction Effects on the Electron Conduction of Molecular Wires

摘要

One goal of molecular electronics is to control electron conductionnin molecular wires and networks by combining appropriatenmolecular units.1 A requisite for constructing molecular electronicndevices is the connection of molecular wires to the electrode surface.nThus, to evaluate the total performance of the molecular wires asnwell as the conventional electronic circuit, the electron conductionnproperties of internal molecular segments as well as the resistivitynat the electrode-molecular wire junction must be elucidated.2nHence, the surface junction is a fundamentally important issue innthe performance of organic thin-film field-effect transistors andnlight-emitting diode devices.3