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Molecular Electronics

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Nanomaterials and Their Applications

Part of the book series: Advanced Structured Materials ((STRUCTMAT,volume 84))

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Molecular electronics aim to create a functional electronic device using single or small assembly of molecules. It is believed that molecular electronics, not only will meet the increasing demand of more speed and more storage, but also provide a test bed to investigate mesoscopic transport phenomena and different properties at molecular level. Though there are several advantages in adopting single molecule as the active element in nanodevices, but contacting molecule with macroscopic contact in a circuit still remains a major challenge, as the conventional lithography-based contacting techniques cannot form metal contacts to a single molecule. Moreover, the absence of suitable imaging techniques at subnanometer level to look into single metal-molecule junction makes it even harder challenge. In last decade, several novel contacting techniques using nanolithography have been developed. However, the evidence that a molecule has been docked and contacted between two metal electrodes successfully can only be provided by measuring the current transport through the junctions. Out of the different mesoscopic devices in the length scale of 1–3 nm, it has been emphasized that molecular devices based on electrical break junction will be most suitable for electrical characterization with a prospect to use them in future circuits based on single molecule-based nanodevices. These investigations on the electrical transport through single or small assembly of molecules should be extremely useful for understanding quantum transport processes through the molecule, the device fabrication processes at nanoscale, and the roadmap for future nanoelectronics are essential for overcoming the “red brick wall” of Si-based microelectronics.

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    Subhasis Ghosh

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    Subhasis Ghosh

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Ghosh, S. (2018). Molecular Electronics. In: Khan, Z. (eds) Nanomaterials and Their Applications. Advanced Structured Materials, vol 84. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6214-8_9

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