@article{MennickenPeterKaulenetal.2019,
  author    = {Mennicken, Max and Peter, Sophia Katharina and Kaulen, Corinna and Simon, Ulrich and Karth{\"a}user, Silvia},
  title     = {Controlling the Electronic Contact at the Terpyridine/Metal Interface},
  series = {The Journal of Physical Chemistry C},
  volume    = {123},
  journal   = {The Journal of Physical Chemistry C},
  number    = {35},
  issn      = {1932-7455},
  doi       = {10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b05865},
  pages     = {21367 -- 21375},
  year      = {2019},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MennickenPeterKaulenetal.2020,
  author    = {Mennicken, Max and Peter, Sophia K. and Kaulen, Corinna and Simon, Ulrich and Karth{\"a}user, Silvia},
  title     = {Transport through Redox-Active Ru-Terpyridine Complexes Integrated in Single Nanoparticle Devices},
  series = {The Journal of Physical Chemistry C},
  volume    = {124},
  journal   = {The Journal of Physical Chemistry C},
  number    = {8},
  publisher = {ACS Publications},
  address   = {Washington, DC},
  issn      = {1932-7455},
  doi       = {10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b11716},
  pages     = {4881 -- 4889},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {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.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{KarschuckKaulenPoghossianetal.2021,
  author    = {Karschuck, Tobias and Kaulen, Corinna and Poghossian, Arshak and Wagner, Patrick H. and Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef},
  title     = {Gold nanoparticle-modified capacitive field-effect sensors: Studying the surface density of nanoparticles and coupling of charged polyelectrolyte macromolecules},
  series = {Electrochemical Science Advances},
  volume    = {2},
  journal   = {Electrochemical Science Advances},
  number    = {5},
  publisher = {Wiley-VCH},
  address   = {Weinheim},
  issn      = {0938-5193},
  doi       = {10.1002/elsa.202100179},
  pages     = {10 Seiten},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {The coupling of ligand-stabilized gold nanoparticles with field-effect devices offers new possibilities for label-free biosensing. In this work, we study the immobilization of aminooctanethiol-stabilized gold nanoparticles (AuAOTs) on the silicon dioxide surface of a capacitive field-effect sensor. The terminal amino group of the AuAOT is well suited for the functionalization with biomolecules. The attachment of the positively-charged AuAOTs on a capacitive field-effect sensor was detected by direct electrical readout using capacitance-voltage and constant capacitance measurements. With a higher particle density on the sensor surface, the measured signal change was correspondingly more pronounced. The results demonstrate the ability of capacitive field-effect sensors for the non-destructive quantitative validation of nanoparticle immobilization. In addition, the electrostatic binding of the polyanion polystyrene sulfonate to the AuAOT-modified sensor surface was studied as a model system for the label-free detection of charged macromolecules. Most likely, this approach can be transferred to the label-free detection of other charged molecules such as enzymes or antibodies.},
  language  = {en}
}