Nanodielectric properties of 16-MHDA self-assembled monolayers†
Abstract
A new type of potential organic nanodielectric was constructed by only 16-mercaptohexadecanoic (16-MHDA) self-assembled monolayers (SAMs). The tunneling effect through the mono- and multilayered 16-MHDA was explained with the Simmons tunneling model by measuring a metal–molecule–metal (M–M–M) sandwich device.