Conductance Measurements of Polar Molecules in a Nonconducting Solvent
Solution-based single-molecule conductance measurements of α,ω-bis-(carboxylic acids) are conveniently performed using a high-boiling-point nonconducting ethereal solvent. First-principles calculations support experimental observations that linear oligoalkanes exhibit the expected exponential decay of conductance with length, whereas junctions comprising cyclic bridge hydrocarbons of different lengths and/or structures exhibit a similar conductance.
Authors
- M. M. Sharma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9212-438X)
- Daniel Hernangómez‐Pérez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4277-0236)
- Michael S. Inkpen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7339-8812)
- María Camarasa‐Gómez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9310-8448)
- Thomas Czyszczon-Burton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2442-5190)
- Alejandro Hernandez
- Jazmine Prana
- Clark Otey
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
- California Southern University (US)
- CIC nanoGUNE (ES)
- Material Physics Center (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ACS Physical Chemistry Au
- Published
- 2025-04-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphyschemau.5c00021
- Primary Topic
- Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of Southern California
- Eusko Jaurlaritza
- Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
- Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa
- Division of Chemistry