Conductivity Measurements of Paddlewheel Dimetal Complexes with Metal-Metal Multiple Bonds

Author

Rajagopal, S. ; Smith, N. ; Yarrison-Rice, Jan M. ; Urig, C. ; Scott, T. ; Zou, S. ; Zhou, H.

Author_Institution

Physics Department, Miami University, Miami University Center For Nanotechnology, Oxford, OH

Volume

1

fYear

2006

fDate

17-20 June 2006

Firstpage

74

Lastpage

77

Abstract

In this paper, we report conductivity measurements of dimetal paddlewheel inorganic complexes, using electrode pairs with nanometer separation. Compared to more extensively studied organic molecules, these inorganic complexes provide more versatile opportunities for tailoring electron transport properties. The synthesis of these complexes is briefly discussed and a detailed description of the fabrication of the nano-gap electrode with controlled gap size is provided. Results from the conductivity measurements using macro-pad electrodes for the ligands used to bind the dimetal complexes are discussed.

Keywords

Raman spectra; conductivity measurement; dimetal; e-beam lithography; Chemistry; Conductivity measurement; Electrodes; Electrons; Fabrication; Gold; Lithography; Molecular electronics; Nanotechnology; Physics; Raman spectra; conductivity measurement; dimetal; e-beam lithography;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nanotechnology, 2006. IEEE-NANO 2006. Sixth IEEE Conference on

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0077-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NANO.2006.247570

Filename

1717020