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Atomically defined angstrom-scale all-carbon junctions. / Tan, Z.; Zhang, D.; Tian, H.-R. et al.
In: Nature Communications, Vol. 10, No. 1, 1748, 15.04.2019, p. 1748.

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Tan, Z, Zhang, D, Tian, H-R, Wu, Q, Hou, S, Pi, J, Sadeghi, H, Tang, Z, Yang, Y, Liu, J, Tan, Y-Z, Chen, Z-B, Shi, J, Xiao, Z, Lambert, C, Xie, S-Y & Hong, W 2019, 'Atomically defined angstrom-scale all-carbon junctions', Nature Communications, vol. 10, no. 1, 1748, pp. 1748. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09793-8

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Tan, Z., Zhang, D., Tian, H-R., Wu, Q., Hou, S., Pi, J., Sadeghi, H., Tang, Z., Yang, Y., Liu, J., Tan, Y-Z., Chen, Z-B., Shi, J., Xiao, Z., Lambert, C., Xie, S-Y., & Hong, W. (2019). Atomically defined angstrom-scale all-carbon junctions. Nature Communications, 10(1), 1748. Article 1748. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09793-8

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Tan Z, Zhang D, Tian H-R, Wu Q, Hou S, Pi J et al. Atomically defined angstrom-scale all-carbon junctions. Nature Communications. 2019 Apr 15;10(1):1748. 1748. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09793-8

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Tan, Z. ; Zhang, D. ; Tian, H.-R. et al. / Atomically defined angstrom-scale all-carbon junctions. In: Nature Communications. 2019 ; Vol. 10, No. 1. pp. 1748.

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abstract = "Full-carbon electronics at the scale of several angstroms is an expeimental challenge, which could be overcome by exploiting the versatility of carbon allotropes. Here, we investigate charge transport through graphene/single-fullerene/graphene hybrid junctions using a single-molecule manipulation technique. Such sub-nanoscale electronic junctions can be tuned by band gap engineering as exemplified by various pristine fullerenes such as C 60, C 70, C 76 and C 90. In addition, we demonstrate further control of charge transport by breaking the conjugation of their π systems which lowers their conductance, and via heteroatom doping of fullerene, which introduces transport resonances and increase their conductance. Supported by our combined density functional theory (DFT) calculations, a promising future of tunable full-carbon electronics based on numerous sub-nanoscale fullerenes in the large family of carbon allotropes is anticipated. ",
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