A single atom change turns insulating saturated wires into molecular conductors

A single atom change turns insulating saturated wires into molecular conductors

In molecular junctions, where a molecule is placed between two electrodes, the current passed decays exponentially as a function of length. Here, Chen et al. show that this exponentially attenuation can be controlled by changing a single atom at the end of the molecular wire.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xiaoping Chen, Bernhard Kretz, Francis Adoah, Cameron Nickle, Xiao Chi, Xiaojiang Yu, Enrique del Barco, Damien Thompson, David A. Egger, Christian A. Nijhuis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23528-8
Description
Summary:In molecular junctions, where a molecule is placed between two electrodes, the current passed decays exponentially as a function of length. Here, Chen et al. show that this exponentially attenuation can be controlled by changing a single atom at the end of the molecular wire.
ISSN:2041-1723

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