Probing charge transport in single-molecule break junctions using inelastic tunneling

2009 ◽  
Vol 79 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryam Rahimi ◽  
Michael Hegg
Keyword(s):  
Charge Transport ◽  
Single Molecule ◽  
Break Junctions ◽  
Inelastic Tunneling

scholarly journals Mechanical single-molecule potentiometers with large switching factors from ortho-pentaphenylene foldamers

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinshi Li ◽  
Pingchuan Shen ◽  
Shijie Zhen ◽  
Chun Tang ◽  
Yiling Ye ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Charge Transport ◽  
Single Molecule ◽  
Scanning Tunneling ◽  
Tunneling Microscopy ◽  
Helical Structures ◽  
Anchoring Groups ◽  
Molecular Conductance ◽  
And Control ◽  
Helical Molecules ◽  
Shed Light

AbstractMolecular potentiometers that can indicate displacement-conductance relationship, and predict and control molecular conductance are of significant importance but rarely developed. Herein, single-molecule potentiometers are designed based on ortho-pentaphenylene. The ortho-pentaphenylene derivatives with anchoring groups adopt multiple folded conformers and undergo conformational interconversion in solutions. Solvent-sensitive multiple conductance originating from different conformers is recorded by scanning tunneling microscopy break junction technique. These pseudo-elastic folded molecules can be stretched and compressed by mechanical force along with a variable conductance by up to two orders of magnitude, providing an impressively higher switching factor (114) than the reported values (ca. 1~25). The multichannel conductance governed by through-space and through-bond conducting pathways is rationalized as the charge transport mechanism for the folded ortho-pentaphenylene derivatives. These findings shed light on exploring robust single-molecule potentiometers based on helical structures, and are conducive to fundamental understanding of charge transport in higher-order helical molecules.

Phosphindole fused pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrroles: a new single-molecule junction for charge transport

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (19) ◽  
pp. 6347-6352
Author(s):  
Di Wu ◽  
Jueting Zheng ◽  
Chenyong Xu ◽  
Dawei Kang ◽  
Wenjing Hong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Charge Transport ◽  
Single Molecule ◽  
High Thermostability ◽  
New Family ◽  
Luminescence Efficiency ◽  
Molecule Junction ◽  
Single Molecule Junction

A new family of phosphindole fused ladder-type heteroacenes with a pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrrole core were synthesized and characterized, which show good luminescence efficiency, high thermostability and tunable conductance.

Single-Molecule Charge-Transport Measurements that Reveal Technique-Dependent Perturbations

2006 ◽  
Vol 128 (34) ◽  
pp. 11260-11267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dwight S. Seferos ◽  
Amy Szuchmacher Blum ◽  
James G. Kushmerick ◽  
Guillermo C. Bazan
Keyword(s):  
Charge Transport ◽  
Single Molecule ◽  
Transport Measurements

Single-Molecule Charge Transport in Discrete, π-Stacked Pyridinium Dimers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Yu ◽  
Jialing Li ◽  
Songsong Li ◽  
Jeffrey S. Moore ◽  
Charles M. Schroeder
Keyword(s):  
Charge Transport ◽  
Single Molecule

Substitution Pattern Controlled Charge Transport in BN-Embedded Aromatics-Based Single-Molecule Junctions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongxiang Li ◽  
Rui Wang ◽  
Kai Song ◽  
Caiyun Wei ◽  
Wenjing Hong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Charge Transport ◽  
Single Molecule ◽  
Molecular Devices ◽  
Substitution Pattern ◽  
Single Molecule Level ◽  
Single Molecule Junctions ◽  
Molecular Conductance

The understanding of charge transport at single-molecule level is a pre-requisite for the fabrication of molecular devices. Here, we systematically investigate the relation among molecular conductance, substitution pattern and stimuli...

scholarly journals Frontispiece: Tuning Charge Transport in Aromatic-Ring Single-Molecule Junctions via Ionic-Liquid Gating

2018 ◽  
Vol 57 (43) ◽  
Author(s):  
Na Xin ◽  
Xingxing Li ◽  
Chuancheng Jia ◽  
Yao Gong ◽  
Mingliang Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ionic Liquid ◽  
Charge Transport ◽  
Aromatic Ring ◽  
Single Molecule ◽  
Single Molecule Junctions

Measurement and control of detailed electronic properties in a single molecule break junction

2014 ◽  
Vol 174 ◽  
pp. 91-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kun Wang ◽  
Joseph Hamill ◽  
Jianfeng Zhou ◽  
Cunlan Guo ◽  
Bingqian Xu
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Molecular Electronics ◽  
Single Molecule ◽  
Molecular Orbitals ◽  
Break Junction ◽  
Break Junctions ◽  
Single Molecule Level ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Future Design ◽  
Molecule Junction

The lack of detailed experimental controls has been one of the major obstacles hindering progress in molecular electronics. While large fluctuations have been occurring in the experimental data, specific details, related mechanisms, and data analysis techniques are in high demand to promote our physical understanding at the single-molecule level. A series of modulations we recently developed, based on traditional scanning probe microscopy break junctions (SPMBJs), have helped to discover significant properties in detail which are hidden in the contact interfaces of a single-molecule break junction (SMBJ). For example, in the past we have shown that the correlated force and conductance changes under the saw tooth modulation and stretch–hold mode of PZT movement revealed inherent differences in the contact geometries of a molecular junction. In this paper, using a bias-modulated SPMBJ and utilizing emerging data analysis techniques, we report on the measurement of the altered alignment of the HOMO of benzene molecules with changing the anchoring group which coupled the molecule to metal electrodes. Further calculations based on Landauer fitting and transition voltage spectroscopy (TVS) demonstrated the effects of modulated bias on the location of the frontier molecular orbitals. Understanding the alignment of the molecular orbitals with the Fermi level of the electrodes is essential for understanding the behaviour of SMBJs and for the future design of more complex devices. With these modulations and analysis techniques, fruitful information has been found about the nature of the metal–molecule junction, providing us insightful clues towards the next step for in-depth study.

scholarly journals Molecular Transport Junctions: An Introduction

MRS Bulletin ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 376-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cherie R. Kagan ◽  
Mark A. Ratner
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Charge Transport ◽  
Single Molecule ◽  
Molecular Transport ◽  
Molecular Junction ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Molecular Scale ◽  
Molecular Charge ◽  
Made In

AbstractThis issue of MRS Bulletin on molecular transport junctions highlights the current experimental and theoretical understanding of molecular charge transport and its extension to the rapidly growing areas of molecular and carbon nanotube electronics. This introduction will outline the progress that has been made in understanding the mechanisms of molecular junction transport and the challenges and future directions in exploring charge transport on the molecular scale. In spite of the substantial challenges, molecular charge transport is of great interest for its intrinsic importance to potential single-molecule electronic, thin-film electronic, and optoelectronic applications.

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