Single-molecule electrical studies on a 7 nm long molecular wire
- 26 October 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications
- No. 45,p. 4706-4708
- https://doi.org/10.1039/b613347a
Abstract
A self-assembled arylene–ethynylene molecular wire with a rigid 7 nm long backbone exhibits symmetrical current–voltage (I–V) characteristics and a single-molecule current of 0.35 ± 0.05 nA at 0.3 V; these data are supported by theoretical calculations.Keywords
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