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Molecular junctions based on intermolecular electrostatic coupling
Zhiwei Yi1, Stefan Trellenkamp, Andreas Offenhäusser
1Institute of Bio- and Nanosystems (IBN 2), Research Center Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany.
Abstract:
Electrostatically linked ferrocene junctions were assembled and their conductance was investigated on the level of individual molecules by means of an electrochemical mechanical break junction. Conductance histograms of repeatedly formed molecular junctions showed peaks at multiples of 3.4 × 10(-5) G(0), which is one order of magnitude smaller than the conductance reported for covalently linked cysteamine-ferrocene-cysteamine.
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