Single-electron transport and electron-phonon interactions in graphene heterostructured self-assembled molecular solid-state devices
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This thesis presents a scalable approach to fabricating solid-state molecular junctions, featuring large-area self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of molecules and nanocrystals (NCs). The investigation of electrical measurements related to intrinsic molecular properties is carried out through three interconnected projects. Each junction consists of a heterostructure composed of Au as the bottom electrode, SAM and/or NCs as the middle layer, and single-layer graphene as the top electrode. The first project focuses on single-electron phenomena in finger-design and microwell devices, such as the Coulomb staircase, accompanied by three distinct types of negative differential resistance, hysteresis, and random telegraph noise. Devices were fabricated using 5 nm and 2 nm PbS nanocrystals attached to SAMs derived from alkanedithiols and a series of oligo(arylene ethynylene) (OAE) molecules. The second project involves devices with SAMs of long-chain alkanethiolates (with more than 12 carbon atoms, particularly 1-hexadecanethiol) without NCs. These devices exhibit equidistant