Electron transport in molecular junctions

NJ Tao - Nature nanotechnology, 2006 - nature.com
Building an electronic device using individual molecules is one of the ultimate goals in
nanotechnology. To achieve this it will be necessary to measure, control and understand …

Mechanisms for DNA charge transport

JC Genereux, JK Barton - Chemical reviews, 2010 - ACS Publications
DNA charge transport (CT) chemistry has received considerable attention by scientific
researchers over the past 15 years since our first provocative publication on long-range CT …

Effect of anchoring groups on single-molecule conductance: comparative study of thiol-, amine-, and carboxylic-acid-terminated molecules

F Chen, X Li, J Hihath, Z Huang… - Journal of the American …, 2006 - ACS Publications
We studied the effect of anchoring groups on the conductance of single molecules using
alkanes terminated with dithiol, diamine, and dicarboxylic-acid groups as a model system …

Single molecular conductance of tolanes: experimental and theoretical study on the junction evolution dependent on the anchoring group

W Hong, DZ Manrique, P Moreno-García… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Employing a scanning tunneling microscopy based beak junction technique and
mechanically controlled break junction experiments, we investigated tolane …

Amine− gold linked single-molecule circuits: experiment and theory

SY Quek, L Venkataraman, HJ Choi, SG Louie… - Nano Letters, 2007 - ACS Publications
A combination of theory and experiment is used to quantitatively understand the
conductance of single-molecule benzenediamine− gold junctions. A newly developed …

Charge transport in single Au| alkanedithiol| Au junctions: coordination geometries and conformational degrees of freedom

C Li, I Pobelov, T Wandlowski, A Bagrets… - Journal of the …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Recent STM molecular break-junction experiments have revealed multiple series of peaks in
the conductance histograms of alkanedithiols. To resolve a current controversy, we present …

Measurement of single-molecule conductance

F Chen, J Hihath, Z Huang, X Li… - Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem …, 2007 - annualreviews.org
What is the conductance of a single molecule? This basic and seemingly simple question
has been a difficult one to answer for both experimentalists and theorists. To determine the …

Single-molecule junctions based on nitrile-terminated biphenyls: a promising new anchoring group

A Mishchenko, LA Zotti, D Vonlanthen… - Journal of the …, 2011 - ACS Publications
We present a combined experimental and theoretical study of the electronic transport
through single-molecule junctions based on nitrile-terminated biphenyl derivatives. Using a …

Highly Conductive Molecular Junctions Based on Direct Binding of Benzene<? format?> to Platinum Electrodes

M Kiguchi, O Tal, S Wohlthat, F Pauly, M Krieger… - Physical review …, 2008 - APS
Highly conductive molecular junctions were formed by direct binding of benzene molecules
between two Pt electrodes. Measurements of conductance, isotopic shift in inelastic …

Transition from tunneling to hop** in single molecular junctions by measuring length and temperature dependence

T Hines, I Diez-Perez, J Hihath, H Liu… - Journal of the …, 2010 - ACS Publications
The charge transport characteristics of a family of long conjugated molecular wires have
been studied using the scanning tunneling microscope break junction technique. The family …