Electronically Transparent Au--N Bonds for Molecular Junctions.

We report a series of single-molecule transport measurements carried out in an ionic environment with oligophenylenediamine wires. These molecules exhibit three discrete conducting states accessed by electrochemically modifying the contacts. Transport in these junctions is defined by the oligophenyl...

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Publicado en:Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 139; no. 42; pp. 14845 - 14849
Autores principales: Yaping Zang, Pinkard, Andrew, Zhen-Fei Liu, Neaton, Jeffrey B., Steigerwald, Michael L., Roy, Xavier, Venkataraman, Latha
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Publicado: American Chemical Society 10/25/2017
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          Yaping Zang
          Pinkard, Andrew
          Zhen-Fei Liu
          Neaton, Jeffrey B.
          Steigerwald, Michael L.
          Roy, Xavier
          Venkataraman, Latha
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          Department of Applied Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
          Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
          Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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        Phenylenediamines
        Electric admittance
        Density functional theory
        Electrodes
        Molecules
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          Phenylenediamines
          Electric admittance
          Density functional theory
          Electrodes
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      ab: We report a series of single-molecule transport measurements carried out in an ionic environment with oligophenylenediamine wires. These molecules exhibit three discrete conducting states accessed by electrochemically modifying the contacts. Transport in these junctions is defined by the oligophenylene backbone, but the conductance is increased by factors of ∼20 and ∼400 when compared to traditional dative junctions. We propose that the higher-conducting states arise from in situ electrochemical conversion of the dative Au←N bond into a new type of Au-N contact. Density functional theorybased transport calculations establish that the new contacts dramatically increase the electronic coupling of the oligophenylene backbone to the Au electrodes, consistent with experimental transport data. The resulting contact resistance is the lowest reported to date; more generally, our work demonstrates a facile method for creating electronically transparent metal-organic interfaces.
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