TY  - JOUR
A1  - Mennicken, Max
A1  - Peter, Sophia K.
A1  - Kaulen, Corinna
A1  - Simon, Ulrich
A1  - Karthäuser, Silvia
T1  - Transport through Redox-Active Ru-Terpyridine Complexes Integrated in Single Nanoparticle Devices
T2  - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
N2  - Transition metal complexes are electrofunctional molecules due to their high conductivity and their intrinsic switching ability involving a metal-to-ligand charge transfer. Here, a method is presented to contact reliably a few to single redox-active Ru-terpyridine complexes in a CMOS compatible nanodevice and preserve their electrical functionality. Using hybrid materials from 14 nm gold nanoparticles (AuNP) and bis-{4′-[4-(mercaptophenyl)-2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine]}-ruthenium(II) complexes a device size of 30² nm² inclusive nanoelectrodes is achieved. Moreover, this method bears the opportunity for further downscaling. The Ru-complex AuNP devices show symmetric and asymmetric current versus voltage curves with a hysteretic characteristic in two well separated conductance ranges. By theoretical approximations based on the single-channel Landauer model, the charge transport through the formed double-barrier tunnel junction is thoroughly analyzed and its sensibility to the molecule/metal contact is revealed. It can be verified that tunneling transport through the HOMO is the main transport mechanism while decoherent hopping transport is present to a minor extent.
Y1  - 2020
UR  - https://opus.bibliothek.fh-aachen.de/opus4/frontdoor/index/index/docId/9211
SN  - 1932-7455
VL  - 124
IS  - 8
SP  - 4881
EP  - 4889
PB  - ACS Publications
CY  - Washington, DC
ER  -