Issue 35, 2017

High surface coverage of a self-assembled monolayer by in situ synthesis of palladium nanodeposits

Abstract

Nascent metal|monolayer|metal devices have been fabricated by depositing palladium, produced through a CO-confined growth method, onto a self-assembled monolayer of an amine-terminated oligo(phenylene ethynylene) derivative on a gold bottom electrode. The high surface area coverage (85%) of the organic monolayer by densely packed palladium particles was confirmed by X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The electrical properties of these nascent Au|monolayer|Pd assemblies were determined from the IV curves recorded with a conductive-AFM using the Peak Force Tunneling AFM (PF-TUNA™) mode. The IV curves together with the electrochemical experiments performed rule out the formation of short-circuits due to palladium penetration through the monolayer, suggesting that the palladium deposition strategy is an effective method for the fabrication of molecular junctions without damaging the organic layer.

Graphical abstract: High surface coverage of a self-assembled monolayer by in situ synthesis of palladium nanodeposits

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
11 May 2017
Accepted
09 Aug 2017
First published
10 Aug 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Nanoscale, 2017,9, 13281-13290

High surface coverage of a self-assembled monolayer by in situ synthesis of palladium nanodeposits

L. Herrer, V. Sebastian, S. Martín, A. González-Orive, F. Pérez-Murano, P. J. Low, J. L. Serrano, J. Santamaría and P. Cea, Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 13281 DOI: 10.1039/C7NR03365F

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