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Cross-plane conductance through a graphene/molecular monolayer/Au sandwich. / Li, Bing; Famili, Marjan; Pensa, Evangelina et al.
In: Nanoscale, Vol. 10, No. 42, 14.11.2018, p. 19791-19798.

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Li, B, Famili, M, Pensa, E, Grace, I, Long, NJ, Lambert, C, Albrecht, T & Cohen, LF 2018, 'Cross-plane conductance through a graphene/molecular monolayer/Au sandwich', Nanoscale, vol. 10, no. 42, pp. 19791-19798. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8nr06763e

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Li, B., Famili, M., Pensa, E., Grace, I., Long, N. J., Lambert, C., Albrecht, T., & Cohen, L. F. (2018). Cross-plane conductance through a graphene/molecular monolayer/Au sandwich. Nanoscale, 10(42), 19791-19798. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8nr06763e

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Li B, Famili M, Pensa E, Grace I, Long NJ, Lambert C et al. Cross-plane conductance through a graphene/molecular monolayer/Au sandwich. Nanoscale. 2018 Nov 14;10(42):19791-19798. Epub 2018 Sept 27. doi: 10.1039/c8nr06763e

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Li, Bing ; Famili, Marjan ; Pensa, Evangelina et al. / Cross-plane conductance through a graphene/molecular monolayer/Au sandwich. In: Nanoscale. 2018 ; Vol. 10, No. 42. pp. 19791-19798.

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abstract = "The functionalities offered by single-molecule electrical junctions are yet to be translated into monolayer or few-layer molecular films, where making effective and reproducible electrical contact is one of the challenging bottlenecks. Here we take a significant step in this direction by demonstrating that excellent electrical contact can be made with a monolayer biphenyl-4,4′-dithiol (BPDT) molecular film, sandwiched between gold and graphene electrodes. This sandwich device structure is advantageous, because the current flows through the molecules to the gold substrate in a 'cross-plane' manner, perpendicular to the plane of graphene, yielding high-conductance devices. We elucidate the nature of the cross-plane graphene/molecule/Au transport using quantum transport calculations and introduce a simple analytical model, which captures generic features of the current-voltage characteristic. Asymmetry in junction properties results from the disparity in electrode electrical properties, the alignment of the BPDT HOMO-LUMO energy levels and the specific characteristics of the graphene electrode. The experimental observation of scalability of junction properties within the junction area, in combination with a theoretical description of the transmission probability of the thiol-graphene contact, demonstrates that between 10% and 100% of the molecules make contact with the electrodes, which is several orders of magnitude greater than that achieved to date in the literature. {\textcopyright} 2018 The Royal Society of Chemistry.",
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AU - Pensa, Evangelina

AU - Grace, Iain

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AU - Lambert, C.

AU - Albrecht, Tim

AU - Cohen, Lesley F.

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