Charge Transport in Photoswitchable Dimethyldihydropyrene-Type Single-Molecule Junctions

Roldan, Diego; Kaliginedi, Veerabhadrarao; Cobo, Saioa; Kolivoska, Viliam; Bucher, Christophe; Hong, Wenjing; Royal, Guy; Wandlowski, Thomas (2013). Charge Transport in Photoswitchable Dimethyldihydropyrene-Type Single-Molecule Junctions. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135(16), pp. 5974-5977. American Chemical Society 10.1021/ja401484j

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The conductance properties of a photoswitchable
dimethyldihydropyrene (DHP) derivative have
been investigated for the first time in single-molecule
junctions using the mechanically controllable break
junction technique. We demonstrate that the reversible
structure changes induced by isomerization of a single
bispyridine-substituted DHP molecule are correlated with
a large drop of the conductance value. We found a very
high ON/OFF ratio (>104) and an excellent reversibility
of conductance switching.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences (DCBP)

UniBE Contributor:

Kolivoska, Viliam, Hong, Wenjing, Wandlowski, Thomas

Subjects:

500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology
500 Science > 540 Chemistry

ISSN:

0002-7863

Publisher:

American Chemical Society

Language:

English

Submitter:

Wenjing Hong

Date Deposited:

17 Jan 2014 09:11

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:27

Publisher DOI:

10.1021/ja401484j

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.39860

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/39860

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