What is it about?
Identify the critical challenges preventing the progress in molecule based electronics and devices spintronics devices. This paper suggests the tunnel junction based molecular device approach to resolve the fabrication challenges with conventional approaches. Tunnel junction based molecular device approach has the following key advantages 1. Molecules are only serving as the device elements. The task of separating two metal electrodes is taken care of by a tunneling barrier. 2. Almost every control experiment can be performed to identify true device properties of a target molecule. 3. This approach can utilize already commercialize magnetic tunnel junctions to produce molecular spintronics devices.
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This paper provides insights to jump start the field of molecular electronics. Due to the fabrication challenges with conventional device approaches molecular devices are not studied experimentally at a satisfactory level.
Perspectives
Every molecule is capable of giving a new device. Moreover, molecules are the only nanostructure type that can be mass produced at angstrom scale precision. We need to find the solution to every hurdle that is stopping the utilization of molecules in the device form. Molecules' exotic quantum properties can result in the most advanced futuristic computers.
Director of Center for Nanotechnology Research and Education Pawan Tyagi
University of the District of Columbia
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This page is a summary of: Multilayer edge molecular electronics devices: a review, Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry,
DOI: 10.1039/c0jm03291c.
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