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An MCBJ case study: The influence of pi-conjugation on the single-molecule conductance at a solid/liquid interface

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An MCBJ case study: The influence of pi-conjugation on the single-molecule conductance at a solid/liquid interface. / Hong, Wenjing; Valkenier, Hennie; Meszaros, Gabor et al.
In: Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, Vol. 2, 18.10.2011, p. 699-713.

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Hong, W, Valkenier, H, Meszaros, G, Manrique, D, Mishchenko, A, Putz, A, Garcia, PM, Lambert, CJ, Hummelen, JC & Wandlowski, T 2011, 'An MCBJ case study: The influence of pi-conjugation on the single-molecule conductance at a solid/liquid interface', Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, vol. 2, pp. 699-713. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.2.76

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Hong, W., Valkenier, H., Meszaros, G., Manrique, D., Mishchenko, A., Putz, A., Garcia, P. M., Lambert, C. J., Hummelen, J. C., & Wandlowski, T. (2011). An MCBJ case study: The influence of pi-conjugation on the single-molecule conductance at a solid/liquid interface. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 2, 699-713. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.2.76

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Hong W, Valkenier H, Meszaros G, Manrique D, Mishchenko A, Putz A et al. An MCBJ case study: The influence of pi-conjugation on the single-molecule conductance at a solid/liquid interface. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. 2011 Oct 18;2:699-713. doi: 10.3762/bjnano.2.76

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Hong, Wenjing ; Valkenier, Hennie ; Meszaros, Gabor et al. / An MCBJ case study: The influence of pi-conjugation on the single-molecule conductance at a solid/liquid interface. In: Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. 2011 ; Vol. 2. pp. 699-713.

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abstract = "pi-Conjugation plays an important role in charge transport through single molecular junctions. We describe in this paper the construction of a mechanically controlled break-junction setup (MCBJ) equipped with a highly sensitive log I-V converter in order to measure ultralow conductances of molecular rods trapped between two gold leads. The current resolution of the setup reaches down to 10 fA. We report single-molecule conductance measurements of an anthracene-based linearly conjugated molecule (AC), of an anthraquinone-based cross-conjugated molecule (AQ), and of a dihydroanthracene-based molecule (AH) with a broken conjugation. The quantitative analysis of complementary current-distance and current-voltage measurements revealed details of the influence of p-conjugation on the single-molecule conductance.",
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