Negative Differential Resistance in the Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy of Organic molecules
arXiv:cond-mat/9811402 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.59.R7852
Abstract
The conductance-voltage spectrum of molecular nanostructures measured by scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) is generally assumed to reflect the local density of states of the molecule. This excludes the possibility of observing negative differential resistance (NDR). We report here the observation of NDR in the scanning tunneling microscope (STM) current-voltage (I-V) characteristics of self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of 4-p-Terphenylthiol molecules on gold substrate measured using a platinum probe. We argue that the NDR arises from narrow structures in the local density of states at the tip apex atom and show that depending on the electrostatic potential profile across the system, NDR could be observed in one or both bias directions.
13 Pages, 4 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. B Rapid Communication
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