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Reversible and Controllable Switching of a Single‐Molecule Junction
Author(s) -
Lörtscher Emanuel,
Ciszek Jacob W.,
Tour James,
Riel Heike
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.200600101
Subject(s) - molecule , materials science , nanotechnology , chemistry , organic chemistry
Charge‐carrier transport through an individually contacted bipyridyl‐dinitro oligophenylene‐ethynylene dithiol molecule (BPDN‐DT, see picture) and through a BP‐DT molecule was studied using the mechanically controllable break‐junction technique. BPDN‐DT exhibits a voltage‐induced switching between two distinct conductive states, in contrast to BP‐DT.