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Single‐Molecule Wires Get a Lift
Author(s) -
Mativetsky Jeffrey M.,
Samorì Paolo
Publication year - 2009
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.200900650
Subject(s) - scanning tunneling microscope , conductance , molecule , materials science , lift (data mining) , nanotechnology , characterization (materials science) , break junction , quantum tunnelling , microscope , optoelectronics , optics , chemistry , condensed matter physics , computer science , physics , organic chemistry , data mining
Wiring up single molecules for electrical characterization remains highly challenging. A recent study demonstrates the lifting of single‐molecule chains by the end off a conducting surface using a scanning tunneling microscope tip (see image). During this vertical manipulation, the conductance through the metal–molecule–metal junction is measured as a function of length.