Quantitative analysis of weak current rectification in molecular tunnel junctions subject to mechanical deformation reveals two different rectification mechanisms for oligophenylene thiols versus alkane thiols-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Quantitative analysis of weak current rectification in molecular tunnel junctions subject to mechanical deformation reveals two different rectification mechanisms for oligophenylene thiols versus alkane thiols

Published:2021 Issue:39 Volume:13 Page:16755-16768
ISSN:2040-3364
Container-title:Nanoscale
language:en
Short-container-title:Nanoscale

Author:

Xie Zuoti¹²^ORCID,Bâldea Ioan³^ORCID,Nguyen Quyen Van²,Frisbie C. Daniel²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Shantou, Guangdong, 515063, China

2. Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, USA

3. Theoretical Chemistry, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 229, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany

Abstract

Despite similar chemical asymmetry, molecular junctions based on alkane thiols (CnT) and oligophenylene thiols (OPTn) exhibit opposite current rectification and different behavior under mechanical deformation.

Funder

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

National Science Foundation

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Materials Science

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2021/NR/D1NR04410A

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