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@PHDTHESIS{Neucheva:16431,
      key          = {16431},
      othercontributors = {Neucheva, Olga},
      title        = {{I}nvestigation of a metal-organic interface - realization
                      and understanding of a molecular switch},
      volume       = {17},
      school       = {RWTH Aachen},
      type         = {Dr. (FH)},
      address      = {Jülich},
      publisher    = {Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH Zentralbibliothek, Verlag},
      reportid     = {PreJuSER-16431},
      isbn         = {978-3-89336-650-7},
      series       = {Schriften des Forschungszentrums Jülich.
                      Schlüsseltechnologien / Key Technologies},
      pages        = {134 S.},
      year         = {2010},
      note         = {Record converted from JUWEL: 18.07.2013; RWTH Aachen,
                      Diss., 2010},
      abstract     = {The field of molecular organic electronics is an emerging
                      and very dynamic area. The continued trend to
                      miniaturisation, combined with increasing complexity and
                      cost of production in conventional semiconductor
                      electronics, forces companies to turn their attention to
                      alternatives that promise the next levels of scale at
                      significantly lower cost. After consumer electronic devices
                      based on organic transistors, such as TVs and book readers,
                      have already been presented, molecular electronics is
                      expected to offer the next breakthrough in feature size.
                      Unfortunately, most of the organic/metal interfaces contain
                      intrinsic defects that break the homogeneity of the
                      interface properties. In this thesis, the electronic and
                      structural properties of such defects were examined in order
                      to understand the influence of the inhomogeneities on the
                      quality of the interface layer. However, the main focus of
                      this work was the investigation of the local properties of a
                      single molecule. Taking advantage of the Scanning Tunnelling
                      Microscope's (STM's) ability to act as a local probe, a
                      single molecular switch was realized and studied. Moreover,
                      in close collaboration with theory groups, the underlying
                      mechanism driving the switching process was identified and
                      described. Besides the investigation of the switching
                      process, the ability of the STM to build nanostructures of
                      different shapes from large organic molecules was shown.
                      Knowing the parameters for realization and control of the
                      switching process and for building the molecular corrals,
                      the results of this investigation enable the reconstruction
                      of the studied molecular ensemble and its deployment in
                      electric molecular circuits, constituting a next step
                      towards further miniaturization of electronic devices.},
      cin          = {PGI-3},
      ddc          = {500},
      cid          = {I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-3-20110106},
      pnm          = {Grundlagen für zukünftige Informationstechnologien},
      pid          = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK412},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)11 / PUB:(DE-HGF)3},
      url          = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/16431},
}