Journal
NANO LETTERS
Volume 13, Issue 5, Pages 1956-1961Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/nl304702z
Keywords
Single molecule; molecular junction; break junction; atomic chain; oligoacene; electron transport
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- Israel Science Foundation [1313/10]
- German-Israeli Foundation [I-2237-2048.14/2009]
- Minerva Foundation [711136]
- Herold Perlman Family
- DFG-Center of Functional Nanostructures
- DFG [1243, BA 4265/2-1]
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Using a break junction technique, we find a dear signature for the formation of conducting hybrid junctions composed of a single organic molecule (benzene, naphthalene, or anthracene) connected to chains of platinum atoms. The hybrid junctions exhibit metallic-like conductance (similar to 0.1-1G(0)), which is rather insensitive to further elongation by additional atoms. At low bias voltage the hybrid junctions can be elongated significantly beyond the length of the bare atomic chains. Ab initio calculations reveal that benzene based hybrid junctions have a significant binding energy and high structural flexibility that may contribute to the survival of the hybrid junction during the elongation process. The fabrication of hybrid junctions opens the way for combining the different properties of atomic chains and organic molecules to realize a new class of atomic scale interfaces.
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