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Tight‐Binding Description of the STM Image of Molecular Chains
Author(s) -
Calev Yoel,
Cohen Hezy,
Cuniberti Gianaurelio,
Nitzan Abraham,
Porath Danny
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
israel journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.908
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1869-5868
pISSN - 0021-2148
DOI - 10.1560/qc44-r70p-cey9-x2pc
Subject(s) - chemistry , scanning tunneling microscope , thermal conduction , quantum tunnelling , chemical physics , coupling (piping) , molecular wire , tight binding , molecule , chain (unit) , condensed matter physics , transverse plane , molecular electronics , metal , surface (topology) , molecular physics , computational chemistry , electronic structure , thermodynamics , quantum mechanics , physics , composite material , geometry , materials science , organic chemistry , mathematics , structural engineering , engineering
A tight‐binding model for scanning tunneling microscopy images of a molecule adsorbed on a metal surface is described. The model is similar in spirit to that used to analyze conduction along molecular wires connecting two metal leads and makes it possible to relate these two measurements to each other. In particular, the dependence of molecular conduction properties along and across a molecular chain on the chain length, intersite electronic coupling strength, and on thermal and disorder effects are discussed and contrasted. It is noted that structural or chemical defects that may affect drastically the conduction along a molecular chain have a relatively modest influence on conduction across the molecular wire in the transverse direction.