The molecular signature of highly conductive metal-molecule-metal junctions
arXiv:0810.1873 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.80.085427
Abstract
The simplicity of single-molecule junctions based on direct bonding of a small molecule between two metallic electrodes make them an ideal system for the study of fundamental questions related to molecular electronics. Here we study the conductance properties of six different molecules suspended between Pt electrodes. All the molecular junctions show a typical conductance of about 1G0 which is ascribed to the dominant role of the Pt contacts. However, despite the metallic-like conductivity, the individual molecular signature is well-expressed by the effect of molecular vibrations in the inelastic contribution to the conductance.
7 pages, 7 figures, 1 table. Related paper: J. Ferrer and V. M. García-Suárez, Phys. Rev. B 80, 085426 (2009)
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