Published 2022
“…<p dir="ltr">Intermolecular cross-linking through electron irradiation is proven to be an effective tool to improve the mechanical and electronic properties of molecular self-assembled monolayers (SAMs), which is known to be
a key player for material nanoarchitectonics. Here we study the effect of electron irradiation on the electronic transport properties of aromatic
5,
5′-bis(mercaptomethyl)-
2,2′-bipyridine (BPD; HS-CH2-(
C5H3N)2-CH2-SH) and electron saturated 1-dodecanethiol (
C12; CH3-(CH2)11-SH) molecules self-assembled on an Au (111) surface. …”