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Heteroatom-Induced Molecular Asymmetry Tunes Quantum Interference in Charge Transport through Single-Molecule Junctions

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  • Yang Yang
  • Markus Gantenbein
  • Afaf Alqorashi
  • Junying Wei
  • Sara Sangtarash
  • Duan Hu
  • Hatef Sadeghi
  • Rui Zhang
  • Jiuchan Pi
  • Lichuan Chen
  • Xiaoyan Huang
  • Ruihao Li
  • Junyang Liu
  • Jia Shi
  • Wenjing Hong
  • Colin J. Lambert
  • Martin R. Bryce
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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>5/07/2018
<mark>Journal</mark>The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Issue number26
Volume122
Number of pages6
Pages (from-to)14965-14970
Publication StatusPublished
Early online date5/06/18
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

We studied the interplay between quantum interference (QI) and molecular asymmetry in charge transport through a single molecule. Eight compounds with five-membered core rings were synthesized, and their single-molecule conductances were characterized using the mechanically controllable break junction technique. It is found that the symmetric molecules are more conductive than their asymmetric isomers and that there is no statistically significant dependence on the aromaticity of the core. In contrast, we find experimental evidence of destructive QI in five-membered rings, which can be tuned by implanting different heteroatoms into the core ring. Our findings are rationalized by the presence of antiresonance features in the transmission curves calculated using nonequilibrium Green’s functions. This novel mechanism for modulating QI effects in charge transport via tuning of molecular asymmetry will lead to promising applications in the design of single-molecule devices.

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This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b03023