Atomic probes: a search for conduction through a single molecule
- 1 December 1996
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Nanotechnology
- Vol. 7 (4), 409-411
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/7/4/019
Abstract
We present a novel approach in an effort to perform electrical measurements at the level of a single molecule. A mechanical controllable break junction is utilized in combination with a molecular deposition technique in fluid to obtain the system: metal-molecule-metal. The I - V curve of this system shows pronounced features over a large voltage scale.Keywords
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