Searching the Hearts of Graphene-like Molecules for Simplicity, Sensitivity, and Logic

Autor: Gleb Sorohhov, Sara Sangtarash, Silvio Decurtins, Thomas Wandlowski, Hatef Sadeghi, Juerg Hauser, Colin J. Lambert, Wenjing Hong, Cancan Huang, Shi-Xia Liu
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Sangtarash, Sara; Huang, Cancan; Sadeghi, Hatef; Sorohhov, Gleb; Hauser, Juerg; Wandlowski, Thomas; Hong, Wenjing; Decurtins, Silvio; Liu, Shi-Xia; Lambert, Colin J. (2015). Searching the hearts of graphene-like molecules for simplicity, sensitivity and logic. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137(35), pp. 11425-11431. American Chemical Society 10.1021/jacs.5b06558
ISSN: 1520-5126
Popis: If quantum interference patterns in the hearts of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) could be isolated and manipulated, then a significant step towards realizing the potential of single-molecule electronics would be achieved. Here we demonstrate experimentally and theoretically that a simple, parameter-free, analytic theory of interference patterns evaluated at the mid-point of the HOMO-LUMO gap (referred to as M-functions) correctly predicts conductance ratios of molecules with pyrene, naphthalene, anthracene, anthanthrene or azulene hearts. M-functions provide new design strategies for identifying molecules with phase-coherent logic functions and enhancing the sensitivity of molecular-scale interferometers.
in J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2015)
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