STM Measurements of Electrical Properties on p-conjugated Molecules and their Functions

2010 Fiscal Year Self-evaluation Report

• Project Area: Emergence of highly elaborated pai-space and its function
• Project/Area Number: 20108011
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Review Section: Science and Engineering
• Research Institution: Tokyo Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: MAJIMA Yutaka Tokyo Institute of Technology, 応用セラミックス研究所, 教授 (40293071)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2012
• Keywords: π空間系分子 / 走査型トンネル顕微鏡(STM) / 走査型トンネルスペクトロスコピ

Research Abstract

本新学術領域研究で合成される高次に組織化されたπ空間系分子を走査型トンネル顕微鏡(STM)により分子分解能で観察し、走査型トンネルスペクトロスコピー(STS)により分子内コンダクタンスを精密に計測することにより、π空間系分子の新しい電子機能を明らかにすることを目的としている。また、無電解めっきを用いて作製したギャップ長5nmのナノギャップ電極に、π空間系分子を埋め込んだ分子デバイスを作製することを目的としている。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Individual transport of electrons through a chemisorbed Aunanodot in Coulomb blockade electron shuttles (2011)
  • Author(s): Yasuo Azuma, Norihiro Kobayashi, Simon Chorley, Jonathan Prance, Charles G. Smith, Daisuke Tanaka, Masayuki Kanehara, Toshiharu Teranishi, Yutaka Majima
  • Journal Title: J.Appl.Phys. 109 Pages: 024303
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Controlled Electroplating and Electromigration in Nickel Electrodes for Nanogap Formation (2010)
  • Author(s): Luis De Los Santos Valladares, Lizbet Leon Felix, Angel Bustamante Dominguez, Thanos Mitrelias, Francois Sfigakis, Saiful I Khondaker, Crispin H W Barnes, Yutaka Majima
  • Journal Title: Nanotechnology 21 Pages: 445304(8)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Room-Temperature Coulomb Blockade from Chemically Synthesized Au Nanoparticles Stabilized by Acid-Base Interaction (2010)
  • Author(s): Shinya Kano, Yasuo Azuma, Masayuki Kanehara, Toshiharu Teranishi, Yutaka Majima
  • Journal Title: Appl.Phys.Express 3 Pages: 105003(3)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Molecular Orientation of Individual Lu@C82 Molecules Demonstrated by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (2010)
  • Author(s): Masachika Iwamoto, Daisuke Ogawa, Yuhsuke Yasutake, Yasuo Azuma, Hisashi Umemoto, Kazunori Ohashi, Noriko Izumi, Hisanori Shinohara, Yutaka Majima
  • Journal Title: J.Phys.Chem.C 114(35)(Cover Art) Pages: 14704-14709
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] (2010)
  • Author(s): Shigeki Hattori, Shinya Kano, Yasuo Azuma, Yutaka Majima
  • Journal Title: J.Phys.Chem.C 114(18) Pages: 8120-8125
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 無電解メソキナノギャソプ電極を用いた単電子・分子デバイス (2011)
  • Author(s): 真島豊
  • Organizer: 第69回表面科学研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京(招待講演)
  • Year and Date: 2011-03-09
• [Presentation] 分子デバイス構築に向けたナノギャップ電極作製とSTM/STS観察 (2011)
  • Author(s): 真島豊
  • Organizer: 高分子エレクトロニクス研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 静岡
  • Year and Date: 2011-01-21
• [Presentation] Single-Electron Transistors fabricated by Electroless Plated Nanogap Electrodes and Chemisorbed Au Nanoparticle (2010)
  • Author(s): Yutaka Majima
  • Organizer: 2010 10th IEEE International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology Nov.1-4
  • Place of Presentation: Shanghai,China(招待講演)
  • Year and Date: 20100000
• [Presentation] Nanogap Electrodes by Self-terminating Electroless Gold Plating Toward Molecular Devices (2010)
  • Author(s): Yutaka Majima
  • Organizer: The 21st International Conference on Molecular Electronics and Devices (21st IC ME&D)IP8
  • Place of Presentation: Sunchon,Korea(招待講演)
  • Year and Date: 2010-05-19
• [Presentation] Electroless Au Plating and Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy toward Molecular-based Devices
  • Author(s): Majima Y.
  • Organizer: 60th Anniversary Conference on Coordination Chemistry (6000CO)
  • Place of Presentation: saka,Japan(招待講演)
  • Year and Date: 00000927-00000930
• [Book] 超分子サイエンス&テクノロジー (2009)
  • Author(s): 真島豊, 他、国武豊喜監修
  • Total Pages: 1244(634-641)
  • Publisher: エヌ・ティー・エス
• [Book] 有機トランジスタ材料の評価と応用II (2008)
  • Author(s): 真島豊, 他、森健彦, 長谷川達生監修
  • Total Pages: 233(176-185)
  • Publisher: シーエムシー出版