Nanogap Electrodes

1 NANOGAP ELECTRODES AND MOLECULAR ELECTRONIC DEVICE 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Overview of Molecular Electronic 1.3 Introduction to Nanogap Electrodes 1.4 Summary and Outlook References 2 ELECTRON TRANSPORT IN SINGLE MOLECULAR DEVICE 2.1 Introduction 2.2 General Method 2.3 Single Electron Transport Through Single Molecular Junction 2.4 Effect of Many-Body Interactions 2.5 Thermoelectric Transport 2.6 First-Principles Simulations of Transport in Molecular Devices 2.7 Conclusions References 3 FABRICATING METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR NANOGAP ELECTRODE 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Mechanical Controllable Break Junction 3.3 Electrochemical and Chemical Deposition Method 3.4 Oblique Angle Shadow Evaporation 3.5 Electromigration and Electrical Breakdown Method 3.6 Molecular Scale Template 3.7 Focused Ion Beam 3.8 Scanning Probe Lithography and Conducting Probe-Atomic Force Microscopy 3.9 Nanogap Electrodes Prepared with Non-Metallic Materials 3.10 Summary and Outlook References 4. CHARACTERIZATION METHODS AND ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR NANOGAP JUNCTION 4.1 Current-Voltage Analysis 4.2 Inelastic Tunneling Spectroscopy (IETS) 4.3 Optical and Optoelectronic Spectroscopy 4.4 Concluding Remarks Appendix References 5. SINGLE-MOLECULE ELECTRONIC DEVICE 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Wiring Molecules Into "Gaps": Anchoring Groups and Assembly Method 5.3 Electrical Rectifier 5.4 Conductance Switches 5.5 Gating the Transport: Transistor-Like Single-Molecule Devices 5.6 Challenges and Outlooks References 6 MOLECULAR ELECTRONIC JUNCTIONS BASED ON SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYER 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Molecular Monolayers for Molecular Electronics Device 6.3 Top Electrodes 6.4 Experimental Progress with Ensemble Molecular Junctions 6.5 Outlook References 7 TOWARDS DEVICES AND APPLICATION 7.1 Major Issues: Reliability and Robustness 7.2 Potential Integration Solutions 7.3 Beyond Simple Charge Transport 7.4 Electrochemistry with Nanogap Electrodes References

Tao Li is Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His research interests are molecular electronics, molecular-scale devices, sythesis and application of organic functional materials and molecular solar thermal batteries.