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Molecular Electronics: Bonding and Electronic Transport Properties of Fullerene and Fullerene Derivatives in Break‐Junction Geometries (Small 2/2013)
Author(s) -
Lörtscher Emanuel,
Geskin Victor,
Gotsmann Bernd,
Fock Jeppe,
Sørensen Jakob Kryger,
Bjørnholm Thomas,
Cornil Jérôme,
van der Zant Herre S. J.,
Riel Heike
Publication year - 2013
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.201370010
Subject(s) - fullerene , materials science , molecular electronics , electronics , nanotechnology , chemical physics , molecule , chemistry , organic chemistry
Fullerenes are considered anchoring groups for molecular electronics due to a large contact area and their affinity for noble metals. The conductances of fullereneterminated molecules, however, are found to be even lower than for thiol linkages. The effects of weak molecule–metal couplings and symmetry breaking are investigated by E. Lörtscher and co‐workers on page 209 . Using transport measurements of C60 and functionalized C60 in break‐junction geometries, highy efficient contacts are demonstrated.