Yv. Gulyaev et al., TUNNEL NANOSTRUCTURES BASED ON ORGANOMETALLIC CLUSTER MOLECULES, Journal of communications technology & electronics, 42(11), 1997, pp. 1303-1308
Stable cluster monolayers were produced on the surface of a stearic-ac
id Langmuir monolayer. The topography of the cluster monolayers was in
vestigated by STM. The clusters were found to form an ordered two-dime
nsional lattice in the monolayer. Electron transport through a double-
barrier tunnel nanostructure was investigated. As electrons tunneled a
cross the barrier nanostructure, the Coulomb barrier potential was obs
erved to decrease in a regular manner with an increase in the number o
f nuclei per cluster.