Side-group chemical gating via reversible optical and electric control in a single molecule transistor

It remains a challenge to fully control molecular electronics. Here, Meng et al. show a reversible two-mode single-molecule switch, where the conductance through the molecular backbone is controlled by an in situ chemical gating via bias-dependent trans–cis isomerisation on an azobenzene sidegroup....

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Main Authors: Linan Meng, Na Xin, Chen Hu, Jinying Wang, Bo Gui, Junjie Shi, Cheng Wang, Cheng Shen, Guangyu Zhang, Hong Guo, Sheng Meng, Xuefeng Guo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09120-1