Electrical Characteristics of Molecular Junctions Fabricated by Inverted Self-Assembled Monolayer Method.

In this study, we demonstrated the molecular ensemble junctions fabricated by the inverted self assembled monolayer (iSAM) method in which the molecular layer was deposited on the top electrode surface. The alkyl thiolate molecules were used to benchmark this method and we found that the electrical characteristics of these molecular junctions were comparable to the results reported previously by performing statistical analysis. We expect this iSAM method to enable the molecular junctions with bottom electrode of various materials.