Conduction mechanisms in metal/self-assembled monolayer/metal junction

David Etor; Linzi E. Dodd; Claudio Balocco; David Wood

doi:10.1049/mnl.2018.5747

Conduction mechanisms in metal/self-assembled monolayer/metal junction

David Etor, Linzi E. Dodd, Claudio Balocco, David Wood

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Abstract

The conduction mechanisms in metal-insulator-metal (MIM) junctions where the insulator consists of a self-assembled monolayer are investigated. Temperature dependence measurements from 2.5 to 300 K, show that the conduction is dominated by tunnelling only for temperatures below 20 K, while at higher temperatures surface-limited and bulk-limited mechanisms are observed. The experimental results are explained using a combination of direct (Simmons) tunnelling, Schottky emission, and Poole-Frenkel theory. Further insight is gained through numerical simulations based on the non-equilibrium Green-function formalism.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	808-811
Journal	Micro and Nano Letters
Volume	14
Issue number	7
Early online date	7 Mar 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1049/mnl.2018.5747
Publication status	Published - 26 Jun 2019

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rectifier
electronic transport
self-assembly
current-conduction
temperature-dependence

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