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T1 - Molecular Structure–(Thermo)electric Property Relationships in Single-Molecule Junctions and Comparisons with Single- and Multiple-Parameter Models
AU - Naher, Masnun
AU - Milan, David C.
AU - Al-Owaedi, Oday A.
AU - Planje, Inco J.
AU - Bock, Sören
AU - Hurtado-Gallego, Juan
AU - Bastante, Pablo
AU - Abd Dawood, Zahra Murtada
AU - Rincón-García, Laura
AU - Rubio-Bollinger, Gabino
AU - Higgins, Simon J.
AU - Agraït, Nicolás
AU - Lambert, Colin J.
AU - Nichols, Richard J.
AU - Low, Paul J.
PY - 2021/3/17
Y1 - 2021/3/17
N2 - The most probable single-molecule conductance of each member of a series of 12 conjugated molecular wires, 6 of which contain either a ruthenium or platinum center centrally placed within the backbone, has been determined. The measurement of a small, positive Seebeck coefficient has established that transmission through these molecules takes place by tunneling through the tail of the HOMO resonance near the middle of the HOMO–LUMO gap in each case. Despite the general similarities in the molecular lengths and frontier-orbital compositions, experimental and computationally determined trends in molecular conductance values across this series cannot be satisfactorily explained in terms of commonly discussed “single-parameter” models of junction conductance. Rather, the trends in molecular conductance are better rationalized from consideration of the complete molecular junction, with conductance values well described by transport calculations carried out at the DFT level of theory, on the basis of the Landauer–Büttiker model.
AB - The most probable single-molecule conductance of each member of a series of 12 conjugated molecular wires, 6 of which contain either a ruthenium or platinum center centrally placed within the backbone, has been determined. The measurement of a small, positive Seebeck coefficient has established that transmission through these molecules takes place by tunneling through the tail of the HOMO resonance near the middle of the HOMO–LUMO gap in each case. Despite the general similarities in the molecular lengths and frontier-orbital compositions, experimental and computationally determined trends in molecular conductance values across this series cannot be satisfactorily explained in terms of commonly discussed “single-parameter” models of junction conductance. Rather, the trends in molecular conductance are better rationalized from consideration of the complete molecular junction, with conductance values well described by transport calculations carried out at the DFT level of theory, on the basis of the Landauer–Büttiker model.
KW - Colloid and Surface Chemistry
KW - Biochemistry
KW - General Chemistry
KW - Catalysis
U2 - 10.1021/jacs.0c11605
DO - 10.1021/jacs.0c11605
M3 - Journal article
VL - 143
SP - 3817
EP - 3829
JO - Journal of the American Chemical Society
JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society
SN - 0002-7863
IS - 10
ER -