Single-Molecule Conductance in a Series of Extended Viologen MoleculesClick to copy article linkArticle link copied!
- Viliam Kolivoška
- Michal Valášek
- Miroslav Gál
- Romana Sokolová
- Jana Bulíčková
- Lubomír Pospíšil
- Gábor Mészáros
- Magdaléna Hromadová
Abstract
Single-molecule conductance in a series of extended viologen molecules was measured at room temperature using a gold–molecule–gold scanning tunneling microscopy break junction arrangement. Conductance values for individual molecules change from 4.8 ± 1.2 nS for the shortest compound to 2.9 ± 1.0 nS for the compound with six repeating units and length of 11 nm. The latter value is almost 3 orders of magnitude higher than that reported for all-carbon-based aromatic molecular wires of comparable length. On the basis of the length of the molecules, an attenuation factor of only 0.06 ± 0.004 nm–1 (0.006 ± 0.0004 Å–1) was obtained. To the best of our knowledge, this is the smallest value reported for the conductance attenuation in a series of molecular wires.
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