FABRICATION AND PROPERTIES OF CARBORAN CLUSTERS CONTAINED IN STEARIC-ACID LB FILMS AND POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS FOR SINGLE-ELECTRON ELECTRONICS

Authors
IAKOVENKO SA TRIFONOV AS SOLDATOV ES KHANIN VV GUBIN SP KHOMUTOV GB
Citation
Sa. Iakovenko et al., FABRICATION AND PROPERTIES OF CARBORAN CLUSTERS CONTAINED IN STEARIC-ACID LB FILMS AND POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS FOR SINGLE-ELECTRON ELECTRONICS, Thin solid films, 285, 1996, pp. 873-875
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied","Material Science","Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Thin solid films → ACNP
ISSN journal
00406090
Volume
285
Year of publication
1996
Pages
873 - 875
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-6090(1996)285:<873:FAPOCC>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Correlated discrete transfer of single electrons in ultrasmall tunnel junctions is of great interest for applications in molecular electroni cs. We report single-electron tunnelling at 300 K in the double tunnel junction system ''graphite substrate-carboran cluster-STM tip''. The problem of reliably fixing clusters on the graphite surface has been s olved by means of cluster incorporation into a stearic acid LB (Langmu ir-Blodgett) monolayer matrix. We obtained compression isotherms of mi xed monolayers with varying molar ratio [stearic acid]:[clusters]. STM images of deposited mixed films revealed that the clusters formed a r egular structure.