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TY - JOUR
T1 - Electronic transport in single molecule junctions
T2 - control of the molecule-electrode coupling through intramolecular tunneling barriers
AU - Danilov, Andrey
AU - Kubatkin, Sergey
AU - Kafanov, Sergey
AU - Hedegård, Per
AU - Stuhr-Hansen, Nicolai
AU - Moth-Poulsen, Kasper
AU - Bjørnholm, Thomas
PY - 2008/1
Y1 - 2008/1
N2 - We report on single molecule electron transport measurements of two oligophenylenevinylene (OPV3) derivatives placed in a nanogap between gold (Au) or lead (Pb) electrodes in a field effect transistor device. Both derivatives contain thiol end groups that allow chemical binding to the electrodes. One derivative has additional methylene groups separating the thiols from the delocalized π;-electron system. The insertion of methylene groups changes the open state conductance by 3-4 orders of magnitude and changes the transport mechanism from a coherent regime with finite zero-bias conductance to sequential tunneling and Coulomb blockade behavior.
AB - We report on single molecule electron transport measurements of two oligophenylenevinylene (OPV3) derivatives placed in a nanogap between gold (Au) or lead (Pb) electrodes in a field effect transistor device. Both derivatives contain thiol end groups that allow chemical binding to the electrodes. One derivative has additional methylene groups separating the thiols from the delocalized π;-electron system. The insertion of methylene groups changes the open state conductance by 3-4 orders of magnitude and changes the transport mechanism from a coherent regime with finite zero-bias conductance to sequential tunneling and Coulomb blockade behavior.
U2 - 10.1021/nl071228o
DO - 10.1021/nl071228o
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:38749126382
VL - 8
SP - 1
EP - 5
JO - Nano Letters
JF - Nano Letters
SN - 1530-6984
IS - 1
ER -