Na Jeong-Seok, Ayres Jennifer, Chandra Kusum L, Chu Changwoong, Gorman Christopher B, Parsons Gregory N
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.
Nanotechnology. 2007 Jan 24;18(3):035203. doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/18/3/035203. Epub 2007 Jan 3.
Nanoparticle/molecule/nanoparticle dimer assemblies have been successfully trapped by dielectrophoresis across nanogap electrodes, enabling temperature dependent charge transport measurements through an oligomeric phenylene ethynylene molecule, and transition from direct tunnelling to Fowler-Nordheim tunnelling is observed at approximately 1.5 V. Samples formed by dielectrophoresis show better contact stability than those formed by receding meniscus. The junction shows stable operation over several weeks in a vacuum, but current increases with time upon exposure to air, possibly due to the adsorbed water molecules near the molecule/gold nanoparticle contacts.
