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Front Cover: Large Enhancement of the Single‐Molecular Conductance of a Molecular Wire through a Radical Substituent (Chem. Eur. J. 27/2022)
Author(s) -
Yasui Ryuto,
Shimizu Daiki,
Matsuda Kenji
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.202201140
Subject(s) - conductance , molecular wire , substituent , front cover , moiety , chemistry , radical ion , conductivity , computational chemistry , crystallography , cover (algebra) , molecule , stereochemistry , condensed matter physics , organic chemistry , physics , ion , mechanical engineering , engineering
The molecular conductance of radical‐substituted molecular wire was evaluated by STM apparent‐height measurement compared with a non‐radical‐substituted wire. Statistical analysis of the STM images revealed that the radical‐substituted wire has a 3.2‐fold larger conductance. Although only 17 % of the SOMO is calculated to exist on the wire moiety, the effect was significant. This study presents the potential of radical substituents to achieve high conductivity in molecular wires. More information can be found in the Research Article by K. Matsuda and co‐workers (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202104242).