Room-temperature negative differential resistance in nanoscale molecular junctions
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چکیده
Molecular devices are reported utilizing active self-assembled monolayers containing the nitroamine @28-amino-4,48-di~ethynylphenyl!-58-nitro-1-benzenethiolate# or the nitro compound @4,48-di~ethynylphenyl!-28-nitro-1-benzenethiolate# as the active components. Both of these compounds have active redox centers. Current–voltage measurements of the devices exhibited negative differential resistance at room temperature and an on–off peak-to-valley ratio in excess of 1000:1 at low temperature. © 2000 American Institute of Physics. @S0003-6951~00!03234-4#
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