A single atom change turns insulating saturated wires into molecular conductors

In molecular junctions, where a molecule is placed between two electrodes, the current passed decays exponentially as a function of length. Here, Chen et al. show that this exponentially attenuation can be controlled by changing a single atom at the end of the molecular wire.

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Main Authors: Xiaoping Chen, Bernhard Kretz, Francis Adoah, Cameron Nickle, Xiao Chi, Xiaojiang Yu, Enrique del Barco, Damien Thompson, David A. Egger, Christian A. Nijhuis
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/655a3d26f4a34c95b5df9eb8cf935732
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