Nanofabrication techniques of highly organized
monolayers sandwiched between two electrodes
for molecular electronics

• Authors: Pilar Cea , Luz Marina Ballesteros , Santiago Martín
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

It is expected that molecular electronics, i.e.,
the use of molecules as critical functional elements in
electronic devices, will lead in the near future to an
industrial exploitable novel technology, which will open
new routes to high value-added electronic products.
However, despite the enormous advances in this field
several scientific and technological challenges should
be surmounted before molecular electronics can be
implemented in the market. Among these challenges are
the fabrication of reliable, robust and uniform contacts
between molecules and electrodes, the deposition of
the second (top) contact electrode, and development of
assembly strategies for precise placement of molecular
materials within device structures. This review covers
advances in nanofabrication techniques used for the
assembly of monomolecular films onto conducting or
semiconducting substrates as well as recent methods
developed for the deposition of the top contact electrode
highlighting the advantages and limitations of the several
approaches used in the literature. This contribution also
aims to define areas of outstanding challenges in the
nanofabrication of monomolecular layers sandwiched
between two electrodes and opportunities for future
research and applications.

Keywords

EN

molecular junctions; monolayers; molecularelectronics; nanofabrication

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Nanofabrication
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 1

Dates

received

11 - 8 - 2014

online

15 - 12 - 2014

accepted

27 - 10 - 2014

Contributors

author

Pilar Cea

• Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de
  Ciencias Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, 50009, Spain
• Instituto de Nanociencia de Aragón (INA) Campus Rio Ebro
  Edificio i+d Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, 50018, Spain
• Laboratorio de Microscopias Avanzadas
  (LMA) Campus Rio Ebro Edificio i+d Universidad de Zaragoza,
  Zaragoza, 50018, Spain

author

Luz Marina Ballesteros

• Universidad Industrial de Santander, Escuela
  de Ingeniería Química, Carrera 27 calle 9 ciudad universitaria,
  Bucaramanga, Colombia

author

Santiago Martín

• Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de
  Ciencias Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, 50009, Spain
• Laboratorio de Microscopias Avanzadas
  (LMA) Campus Rio Ebro Edificio i+d Universidad de Zaragoza,
  Zaragoza, 50018, Spain
• Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón
  (ICMA) Universidad de Zaragoza-CSIC, Zaragoza, 50009, Spain

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10.2478/nanofab-2014-0010