Enhancing conductance in single-molecule junctions through nitrogen bridge-mediated p-π conjugation
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All-electronic Nanosecond-resolved Scanning Tunneling Microscopy: Facilitating the Investigation of Single Dopant Charge Dynamics
Published on: January 19, 2018
Yin Zhao1, Wenlong Liu1, Yunpeng Li1
1Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China. lihongxiang@ecust.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Developing novel strategies to modulate charge transport properties remains a central objective in molecular electronics. We demonstrate that the nitrogen bridge-mediated p-π conjugated molecule N-FBTZ-SMe exhibits higher conductance than its nitrogen-free π-conjugated analogue FBTZ-SMe. The generality of conductance enhancement for nitrogen bridge-mediated p-π conjugation is validated in extended systems.
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