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Cabrera-Tinoco H, Moreira ACL, Borja-Castro L, Valencia-Bedregal R, Barnes CHW, Santos Valladares LDL. Charge Transport in Conjugated and Saturated Hydrocarbons: Comparing Ballistic and Cotunneling Contributions. J Phys Chem A 2023; 127:10828-10837. [PMID: 38100036 PMCID: PMC10911760 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c05869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2023] [Revised: 11/18/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023]
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The comparison between electrical transport in CnH2n+2S2 alkane and CnHn+2S2 alkene (n = 4, 6, 8, 10) is studied by using a generalized Breit-Wigner approach and considering coherent transport mechanisms and eventual changes in the state of charge (i.e., cotunneling processes) for both molecules. In general, the conductance of alkanes tends to be smaller than that of similar-sized alkenes. However, cotunneling processes have an important participation in the overall transport in the case of alkanes but not for the alkene family. The progressive changes in both the eigenenergies of the relevant frontier molecular orbitals of the charged species and their spatial localization play decisive roles in the observed differences. While the molecular orbitals of the charged species of the conjugated molecules are hardly affected by the applied voltage, their saturated counterparts are quite sensitive to the external field. With this, successive avoided-crossing events between the molecular orbitals of the single-charged alkane molecules can lead to the appearance of nonballistic conduction channels that make no negligible contributions to the molecular transport.
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- Núcleo
Interdisciplinar em Ciências Exatas e da Natureza (NICEN), Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 55014-900 Caruaru − PE, Brazil
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- Laboratorio
de Cerámicos y Nanomateriales, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Ap. Postal 14-0149 Lima, Perú
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- Laboratorio
de Cerámicos y Nanomateriales, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Ap. Postal 14-0149 Lima, Perú
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- Cavendish
Laboratory, Department of Physics, University
of Cambridge, J. J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K.
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Conductance Modulation in an α-Terthiophene Molecular Junction Characterized by Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering. E-JOURNAL OF SURFACE SCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1380/ejssnt.2023-004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Ramos-Berdullas N, Gil-Guerrero S, Peña-Gallego Á, Mandado M. The effect of spin polarization on the electron transport of molecular wires with diradical character. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:4777-4783. [PMID: 33599227 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp06321e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Some of the most promising materials for application in molecular electronics and spintronics are based on diradical chains. Herein, the proposed relation between increasing conductance with length and diradical character is revisited using ab initio methods that account for the static electron correlation effects. Electron transmission was previously obtained from restricted single determinant wavefuntions or tight-binding approximations, which are unable to account for static correlation. Broken Symmetry Unrestricted Kohn-Sham Density Functional Theory (BS-UKS-DFT) in combination with electron transport analysis based on electron deformation orbitals (EDOs) reflects an exponential decay of the electrical conductance with length. Also, other important effects such as quantum interference are correctly accounted for, leading to a decrease of the conductance as the diradical character increases. As a proof-of-concept, the electrical conductance obtained from BS-UKS-DFT and CASSCF(2,2) wavefunctions were compared in diradical graphene strips in the frame of the pseudo-π approach, obtaining very similar results.
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- Nicolás Ramos-Berdullas
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Vigo, Lagoas-Marcosende s/n, 36310, Vigo, Spain.
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Karthäuser S, Peter S, Simon U. Integration of Individual Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles into Nanoelectrode Configurations: Recent Advances. Eur J Inorg Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202000629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Silvia Karthäuser
- Peter Grünberg Institut (PGI‐7) and JARA‐FIT Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH 52425 Jülich Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and JARA‐FIT RWTH Aachen University 52074 Aachen Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and JARA‐FIT RWTH Aachen University 52074 Aachen Germany
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Shen P, Huang M, Qian J, Li J, Ding S, Zhou X, Xu B, Zhao Z, Tang BZ. Achieving Efficient Multichannel Conductance in Through‐Space Conjugated Single‐Molecule Parallel Circuits. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202000061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Pingchuan Shen
- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and DevicesGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Luminescence from Molecular AggregatesSouth China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis MaterialsInstitute of Physical ChemistryZhejiang Normal University Jinhua Zhejiang 321004 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and MaterialsJilin University 2699 Qianjin Street Changchun 130012 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and DevicesGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Luminescence from Molecular AggregatesSouth China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and DevicesGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Luminescence from Molecular AggregatesSouth China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis MaterialsInstitute of Physical ChemistryZhejiang Normal University Jinhua Zhejiang 321004 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and MaterialsJilin University 2699 Qianjin Street Changchun 130012 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and DevicesGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Luminescence from Molecular AggregatesSouth China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and DevicesGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Luminescence from Molecular AggregatesSouth China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
- Department of ChemistryThe Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Clear Water Bay Kowloon, Hong Kong China
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Shen P, Huang M, Qian J, Li J, Ding S, Zhou X, Xu B, Zhao Z, Tang BZ. Achieving Efficient Multichannel Conductance in Through‐Space Conjugated Single‐Molecule Parallel Circuits. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:4581-4588. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202000061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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- Pingchuan Shen
- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and DevicesGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Luminescence from Molecular AggregatesSouth China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis MaterialsInstitute of Physical ChemistryZhejiang Normal University Jinhua Zhejiang 321004 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and MaterialsJilin University 2699 Qianjin Street Changchun 130012 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and DevicesGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Luminescence from Molecular AggregatesSouth China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and DevicesGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Luminescence from Molecular AggregatesSouth China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis MaterialsInstitute of Physical ChemistryZhejiang Normal University Jinhua Zhejiang 321004 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and MaterialsJilin University 2699 Qianjin Street Changchun 130012 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and DevicesGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Luminescence from Molecular AggregatesSouth China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and DevicesGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Luminescence from Molecular AggregatesSouth China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
- Department of ChemistryThe Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Clear Water Bay Kowloon, Hong Kong China
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Zheng H, Jiang F, He R, Yang Y, Shi J, Hong W. Charge Transport through Peptides in Single‐Molecule Electrical Measurements. CHINESE J CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.201900245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Haining Zheng
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, iChEM, Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- Joint Research Center for Peptide Drug R&D with Space Peptides, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, iChEM, Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
- Joint Research Center for Peptide Drug R&D with Space Peptides, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, iChEM, Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, iChEM, Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, iChEM, Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
- Joint Research Center for Peptide Drug R&D with Space Peptides, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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Van Dyck C, Bergren AJ, Mukundan V, Fereiro JA, DiLabio GA. Extent of conjugation in diazonium-derived layers in molecular junction devices determined by experiment and modelling. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:16762-16770. [PMID: 31328202 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp03509e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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This paper shows that molecular layers grown using diazonium chemistry on carbon surfaces have properties indicative of the presence of a variety of structural motifs. Molecular layers grown with aromatic monomers with thickness between 1 and ∼15 nm display optical absorption spectra with significant broadening but no change in band gap or onsets of absorption as a function of layer thickness. This suggests that there is no extended conjugation in these layers, contrary to the conclusions of previous work. Density-functional theory modelling of the non-conjugated versions of the constituent aromatic monomers reveals that the experimental trends in optical spectra can be recovered, thereby establishing limits to the degree of conjugation and the nature of the order of as-grown molecular layers. We conclude that the absence of both shifts in band gap and changes in absorption onset is a consequence of resonant conjugation within the layers being less than 1.5 monomer units, and that film disorder is the main origin of the optical spectra. These findings have important implications for understanding charge transport mechanisms in molecular junction devices, as the layers cannot be expected to behave as ideal, resonantly conjugated films, but should be viewed as a collection of mixed nonresonantly- and resonantly-conjugated monomers.
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- Colin Van Dyck
- Nanotechnology Research Centre, National Research Council of Canada, 11427 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2M9, Canada.
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- Nanotechnology Research Centre, National Research Council of Canada, 11427 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2M9, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia, 3247 University Way, Kelowna, British Columbia V1V 1V7, Canada. and Faculty of Management, The University of British Columbia, 1137 Alumni Ave, Kelowna, British Columbia V1V 1V7, Canada
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Shen P, Zhuang Z, Jiang XF, Li J, Yao S, Zhao Z, Tang BZ. Through-Space Conjugation: An Effective Strategy for Stabilizing Intramolecular Charge-Transfer States. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:2648-2656. [PMID: 31050901 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b01040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) has significant impacts on organic optoelectronic materials, photochemistry, biotechnology, and so on. However, it is hard to stabilize the ICT state because of the rapid nonradiative charge recombination process, which often quenches light emission. In this work, we use new foldamers of the protonated pyridine-modified tetraphenylethene derivatives that possess through-space conjugation (TSC) characters as the models to study the impact of TSC on the ICT state. Steady and transient spectroscopies illustrate that the lifetime of the ICT state in the molecule with strong TSC can be much longer than those of molecules without TSC, giving rise to a higher fluorescence quantum yield. By combining the theoretical calculations, we demonstrate that the strong TSC can stabilize the ICT state and slow the charge recombination rate by more efficiently dispersing charges. This is a conceptually new design strategy for functional optoelectronic materials that require more stable ICT states.
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- Pingchuan Shen
- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Center for Aggregation-Induced Emission , South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Center for Aggregation-Induced Emission , South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Center for Aggregation-Induced Emission , South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Center for Aggregation-Induced Emission , South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Center for Aggregation-Induced Emission , South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Center for Aggregation-Induced Emission , South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Center for Aggregation-Induced Emission , South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640 , China
- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction , The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology , Clear Water Bay , Kowloon , Hong Kong , China
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Jasper-Tönnies T, Garcia-Lekue A, Frederiksen T, Ulrich S, Herges R, Berndt R. High-conductance contacts to functionalized molecular platforms physisorbed on Au(1 1 1). JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2019; 31:18LT01. [PMID: 30721893 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ab0489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The conductances of molecules physisorbed to Au(1 1 1) via an extended [Formula: see text] system are probed with the tip of a low-temperature scanning tunneling microscope to maximize the control of the junction geometry. Inert hydrogen, methyl, and reactive propynyl subunits were attached to the platform and stand upright. Because of their different reactivities, either non-bonding (hydrogen and methyl) or bonding (propynyl) tip-molecule contacts are formed. The conductances exhibit little scatter between different experimental runs on different molecules, display distinct evolutions with the tip-subunit distance, and reach contact values of 0.003-0.05 G 0. For equal tip-platform distances the contact conductance of the inert methyl is close to that of the reactive propynyl. Under further compression, the inert species, hydrogen and methyl, are found to be better conductors. This shows that the current flow is not directly correlated with the chemical interaction. Atomistic calculations for the methyl case reproduce the conductance evolution and reveal the role of the junction geometry, forces and orbital symmetries at the tip-molecule interface. The current flow is controlled by orbital symmetries at the electrode interfaces rather than by the energy alignment of the molecular orbitals and electrode states. Functionalized molecular platforms thus open new ways to control and engineer electron conduction through metal-molecule interfaces at the atomic level.
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- Torben Jasper-Tönnies
- Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, 24098 Kiel, Germany
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You T, Lang X, Huang A, Yin P. A DFT study on surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy of aromatic dithiol derivatives adsorbed on gold nanojunctions. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2018; 188:222-229. [PMID: 28715690 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2017.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2017] [Revised: 07/11/2017] [Accepted: 07/11/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A computational study on aromatic dithiol derivatives (HS-Ar-X-Ar-SH, X=O, S, Se, NH, CH2, NN, CHCH, CC) interacting with gold cluster(s) was presented to investigate the chemical enhancement mechanism related to surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) for molecular junctions. Density functional theory (DFT) were performed on derivatives molecules as well as their single-end-linked (SEL) or double-end-linked (DEL) complexes for geometric, spectra, electronic and excitation properties, leading to discussions on dominant factor during SERS process. The resulted enhancement factors of SEL and DEL complexes exhibited specific dependency on linking atom or functional group between two phenyls, which was in accordance with the variation of polarizabilities and molecule-cluster transition energy.
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- Tingting You
- School of Physics and Nuclear Energy Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Material Simulation and Computing Laboratory, Department of Physics, Hebei Normal University of Science & Technology, Qinghuangdao 066004, China
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- School of Physics and Nuclear Energy Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China.
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Herrer L, Sebastian V, Martín S, González-Orive A, Pérez-Murano F, Low PJ, Serrano JL, Santamaría J, Cea P. High surface coverage of a self-assembled monolayer by in situ synthesis of palladium nanodeposits. NANOSCALE 2017; 9:13281-13290. [PMID: 28858363 DOI: 10.1039/c7nr03365f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Nascent metal|monolayer|metal devices have been fabricated by depositing palladium, produced through a CO-confined growth method, onto a self-assembled monolayer of an amine-terminated oligo(phenylene ethynylene) derivative on a gold bottom electrode. The high surface area coverage (85%) of the organic monolayer by densely packed palladium particles was confirmed by X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The electrical properties of these nascent Au|monolayer|Pd assemblies were determined from the I-V curves recorded with a conductive-AFM using the Peak Force Tunneling AFM (PF-TUNA™) mode. The I-V curves together with the electrochemical experiments performed rule out the formation of short-circuits due to palladium penetration through the monolayer, suggesting that the palladium deposition strategy is an effective method for the fabrication of molecular junctions without damaging the organic layer.
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- Lucía Herrer
- Instituto de Nanociencia de Aragón (INA), Campus Río Ebro, Universidad de Zaragoza, C/Mariano Esquillor, s/n, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain. and Laboratorio de Microscopias Avanzadas (LMA), Campus Río Ebro, Universidad de Zaragoza, C/Mariano Esquilor, s/n, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain and Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Instituto de Nanociencia de Aragón (INA), Campus Río Ebro, Universidad de Zaragoza, C/Mariano Esquillor, s/n, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain. and Networking Biomedical Research Center of Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), C/ Monforte de Lemos 3-5, Pabellón 11, 28029 Madrid, Spain and Departamento de Ingeniería Química y Tecnología del Medio Ambiente, Universidad de Zaragoza, C/Mariano Esquilor, s/n, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009, Zaragoza, Spain and Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón (ICMA), Universidad de Zaragoza-CSIC, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Instituto de Nanociencia de Aragón (INA), Campus Río Ebro, Universidad de Zaragoza, C/Mariano Esquillor, s/n, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain. and Laboratorio de Microscopias Avanzadas (LMA), Campus Río Ebro, Universidad de Zaragoza, C/Mariano Esquilor, s/n, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain and Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Instituto de Microelectrónica de Barcelona (IMB-CNM, CSIC), Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
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- School of Molecular Sciences, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth 6009, Australia
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- Instituto de Nanociencia de Aragón (INA), Campus Río Ebro, Universidad de Zaragoza, C/Mariano Esquillor, s/n, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain. and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Instituto de Nanociencia de Aragón (INA), Campus Río Ebro, Universidad de Zaragoza, C/Mariano Esquillor, s/n, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain. and Networking Biomedical Research Center of Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), C/ Monforte de Lemos 3-5, Pabellón 11, 28029 Madrid, Spain and Departamento de Ingeniería Química y Tecnología del Medio Ambiente, Universidad de Zaragoza, C/Mariano Esquilor, s/n, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Instituto de Nanociencia de Aragón (INA), Campus Río Ebro, Universidad de Zaragoza, C/Mariano Esquillor, s/n, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain. and Laboratorio de Microscopias Avanzadas (LMA), Campus Río Ebro, Universidad de Zaragoza, C/Mariano Esquilor, s/n, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain and Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009, Zaragoza, Spain
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Bock S, Al‐Owaedi OA, Eaves SG, Milan DC, Lemmer M, Skelton BW, Osorio HM, Nichols RJ, Higgins SJ, Cea P, Long NJ, Albrecht T, Martín S, Lambert CJ, Low PJ. Single-Molecule Conductance Studies of Organometallic Complexes Bearing 3-Thienyl Contacting Groups. Chemistry 2017; 23:2133-2143. [PMID: 27897344 PMCID: PMC5396322 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201604565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The compounds and complexes 1,4-C6 H4 (C≡C-cyclo-3-C4 H3 S)2 (2), trans-[Pt(C≡C-cyclo-3-C4 H3 S)2 (PEt3 )2 ] (3), trans-[Ru(C≡C-cyclo-3-C4 H3 S)2 (dppe)2 ] (4; dppe=1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane) and trans-[Ru(C≡C-cyclo-3-C4 H3 S)2 {P(OEt)3 }4 ] (5) featuring the 3-thienyl moiety as a surface contacting group for gold electrodes have been prepared, crystallographically characterised in the case of 3-5 and studied in metal|molecule|metal junctions by using both scanning tunnelling microscope break-junction (STM-BJ) and STM-I(s) methods (measuring the tunnelling current (I) as a function of distance (s)). The compounds exhibit similar conductance profiles, with a low conductance feature being more readily identified by STM-I(s) methods, and a higher feature by the STM-BJ method. The lower conductance feature was further characterised by analysis using an unsupervised, automated multi-parameter vector classification (MPVC) of the conductance traces. The combination of similarly structured HOMOs and non-resonant tunnelling mechanism accounts for the remarkably similar conductance values across the chemically distinct members of the family 2-5.
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- Sören Bock
- School of Chemistry and BiochemistryUniversity of Western Australia35 Stirling HighwayCrawley6009WAAustralia
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- Department of PhysicsLancaster UniversityLancasterLA1 4YBUK
- Department of Laser Physics, Women Faculty of ScienceBabylon UniversityIraq
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- School of Chemistry and BiochemistryUniversity of Western Australia35 Stirling HighwayCrawley6009WAAustralia
- Department of ChemistryDurham UniversitySouth Rd.DurhamDH1 3LEUK
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of LiverpoolCrown St.LiverpoolL69 7ZDUK
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- Department of ChemistryImperial College LondonLondonSW7 2AZUK
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- School of Chemistry and BiochemistryUniversity of Western Australia35 Stirling HighwayCrawley6009WAAustralia
- Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and AnalysisUniversity of Western AustraliaCrawleyWestern Australia6009Australia
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- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de CienciasUniversidad de Zaragoza50009ZaragozaSpain
- Instituto de Nanociencia de Aragón (INA) y Laboratorio de Microscopias, Avanzadas (LMA), Edificio I+D Campus Rio EbroUniversidad de ZaragozaC/Mariano Esquillor, s/n50018ZaragozaSpain
- Departamento de FísicaEscuela Politécnica NacionalAv. Ladrón de Guevara, E11-253170525QuitoEcuador
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of LiverpoolCrown St.LiverpoolL69 7ZDUK
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of LiverpoolCrown St.LiverpoolL69 7ZDUK
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- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de CienciasUniversidad de Zaragoza50009ZaragozaSpain
- Instituto de Nanociencia de Aragón (INA) y Laboratorio de Microscopias, Avanzadas (LMA), Edificio I+D Campus Rio EbroUniversidad de ZaragozaC/Mariano Esquillor, s/n50018ZaragozaSpain
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- Department of ChemistryImperial College LondonLondonSW7 2AZUK
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- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de CienciasUniversidad de Zaragoza50009ZaragozaSpain
- Instituto de Ciencias de Materiales de Aragón (ICMA)Universidad de Zaragoza-CSIC50009ZaragozaSpain
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- School of Chemistry and BiochemistryUniversity of Western Australia35 Stirling HighwayCrawley6009WAAustralia
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Zhang L, Huang J, Wang W, Li Q, Yang J. Transport properties of a three-shell icosahedral matryoshka cluster: a first-principles study. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra01003f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The molecular junction based on three-shell icosahedral matryoshka cluster with huge magnetic moment exhibits robust spin-filtering effect, which highlights it for promising applications in molecular devices.
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- Lu Zhang
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale
- Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Hefei
- China
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- School of Materials and Chemical Engineering
- Anhui Jianzhu University
- Hefei
- China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale
- Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Hefei
- China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale
- Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Hefei
- China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale
- Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Hefei
- China
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Valášek M, Lindner M, Mayor M. Rigid multipodal platforms for metal surfaces. BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY 2016; 7:374-405. [PMID: 27335731 PMCID: PMC4901557 DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.7.34] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2015] [Accepted: 02/17/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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In this review the recent progress in molecular platforms that form rigid and well-defined contact to a metal surface are discussed. Most of the presented examples have at least three anchoring units in order to control the spatial arrangement of the protruding molecular subunit. Another interesting feature is the lateral orientation of these foot structures which, depending on the particular application, is equally important as the spatial arrangement of the molecules. The numerous approaches towards assembling and organizing functional molecules into specific architectures on metal substrates are reviewed here. Particular attention is paid to variations of both, the core structures and the anchoring groups. Furthermore, the analytical methods enabling the investigation of individual molecules as well as monomolecular layers of ordered platform structures are summarized. The presented multipodal platforms bearing several anchoring groups form considerably more stable molecule-metal contacts than corresponding monopodal analogues and exhibit an enlarged separation of the functional molecules due to the increased footprint, as well as restrict tilting of the functional termini with respect to the metal surface. These platforms are thus ideally suited to tune important properties of the molecule-metal interface. On a single-molecule level, several of these platforms enable the control over the arrangement of the protruding rod-type molecular structures (e.g., molecular wires, switches, rotors, sensors) with respect to the surface of the substrate.
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- Michal Valášek
- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- Lehn Institute of Functional Materials (LIFM), Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU), Xingang Rd. W., Guangzhou, China
- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johannsring 19, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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Cheng JF, Yan Q, Zhou L, Han Q, Gao L. The electron and spin polarized transport in wide-voltage-ranges through colbaltporphyrin-based molecular junctions. J Chem Phys 2016; 144:084707. [PMID: 26931718 DOI: 10.1063/1.4942923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The electron and spin polarized transport properties of Co benzene-porphyrin-benzene (BPB) molecule coupled to gold (Au) nanowires in a wide voltage range (0-3.0 V) are investigated. By successively removing the front-end Au atoms, we construct Au nanowires with different molecule-electrode contact symmetries. Multiple negative differential resistance (NDR) peaks emerge at different bias voltage regions. It is found that the low-voltage NDR effect at 0.4 V can only be found in the junctions with S-Au top bindings. High-bias NDR effects intrinsic to central molecule at 2.8 V are observed in all the six structures. In particular, both the electron and spin polarized current-voltage (I-V) curves depend strongly on the contact configurations between Co-BPB molecule and the Au electrodes. And the top-binding may result in spin dependent transport properties and will be the priority selection in the design of molecular devices.
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- Jue-Fei Cheng
- College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy and Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy and Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy and Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy and Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy and Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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Afsari S, Li Z, Borguet E. Orientation-Controlled Single-Molecule Junctions. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014; 53:9771-4. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201402343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2014] [Revised: 05/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Lan TN. Electronic transport properties of molecular junctions based on the direct binding of aromatic ring to electrodes. Chem Phys 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2013.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Kaliginedi V, V. Rudnev A, Moreno-García P, Baghernejad M, Huang C, Hong W, Wandlowski T. Promising anchoring groups for single-molecule conductance measurements. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:23529-39. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cp03605k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Qualitative and quantitative comparison of the results obtained with different anchoring groups reveals structural and mechanistic details of the different types of single molecular junctions.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of Bern
- Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of Bern
- Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of Bern
- Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of Bern
- Bern, Switzerland
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Meng X, Yang L, Cao N, Du C, Hu K, Su J, Luo W, Cheng G. Graphene-Supported Trimetallic Core-Shell Cu@CoNi Nanoparticles for Catalytic Hydrolysis of Amine Borane. Chempluschem 2013; 79:325-332. [DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201300336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Kolivoska V, Moreno-García P, Kaliginedi V, Hong W, Mayor M, Weibel N, Wandlowski T. Electron transport through catechol-functionalized molecular rods. Electrochim Acta 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Kaneko S, Motta C, Brivio GP, Kiguchi M. Mechanically controllable bi-stable states in a highly conductive single pyrazine molecular junction. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2013; 24:315201. [PMID: 23851468 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/31/315201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We report the fabrication of a highly conductive single pyrazine molecular junction with Pt leads. Mechanically controllable break-junction measurements at low temperatures show two distinct high and low conductance states. These conductance values are two orders of magnitude larger than those of a conventional single molecular junction with anchoring groups because of direct binding of the π conjugated molecule to a metal electrode with large density of states at the Fermi energy. Inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy combined with density functional theory calculations highlights the vibration modes of the system for the two regimes. Theory allows us to assign the high and low conductance states of the molecular junction to two configurations in which the pyrazine axis is tilted and parallel with respect to the junction axis, respectively. Finally, we show that the pyrazine junction can be reversibly switched between the two bi-stable conductance states by mechanically stretching and relaxing the junction.
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- Satoshi Kaneko
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Tsuji Y, Semoto T, Yoshizawa K. A Bipodal Dicyano Anchor Unit for Single-Molecule Spintronic Devices. Chemphyschem 2013; 14:2470-5. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201300136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2013] [Revised: 04/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Twists and turns: Studies of the complexes and properties of bimetallic complexes featuring phenylene ethynylene and related bridging ligands. Coord Chem Rev 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2012.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Aso Y. ELECTROCHEMISTRY 2013; 81:273-276. [DOI: 10.5796/electrochemistry.81.273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] Open
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Single molecular junctions, in which a single molecule bridges between metal electrodes, have attracted wide attention as novel properties can appear due to their peculiar geometrical and electronic characters. The single molecular junction has also attracted attention due to its potential application in ultrasmall single molecular electronic devices, where single molecules are utilized as active electronic components. Thus, fabrication of single molecular junctions as well as understanding and controlling their properties (e.g. conductance, optical and magnetic properties) have become long-standing goals of scientists and engineers. This review article focuses on the experimental aspects of single molecular junctions, with primary focus on the electron transport mechanism.
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- Manabu Kiguchi
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 W4-10 Ookayama, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan.
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Hong W, Li H, Liu SX, Fu Y, Li J, Kaliginedi V, Decurtins S, Wandlowski T. Trimethylsilyl-terminated oligo(phenylene ethynylene)s: an approach to single-molecule junctions with covalent Au-C σ-bonds. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:19425-31. [PMID: 23126569 DOI: 10.1021/ja307544w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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A new and efficient approach using cleaving of trimethylsilyl groups to create covalent Au-C anchoring sites has been developed for single-molecule junction conductance measurements. Employing the mechanically controllable break junction (MCBJ) technique in liquid, we demonstrate the formation of highly conducting single molecular junctions of several OPE derivatives. The created junctions are mechanically stable and exhibit conductances around one order of magnitude higher than those of their dithiol analogues. Extended assembly and reaction times lead to oligomerization. Combined STM imaging and gap-mode Raman experiments provide structure evidence to support the formation of covalent Au-C contacts and further oligomerization.
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- Wenjing Hong
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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Konishi T, Kiguchi M, Takase M, Nagasawa F, Nabika H, Ikeda K, Uosaki K, Ueno K, Misawa H, Murakoshi K. Single Molecule Dynamics at a Mechanically Controllable Break Junction in Solution at Room Temperature. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 135:1009-14. [DOI: 10.1021/ja307821u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Tatsuya Konishi
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
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- Research Institute for Electronic Science & Nanotechnology Research Center, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0021, Japan
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- Research Institute for Electronic Science & Nanotechnology Research Center, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0021, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
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