利用基于电化学跳跃接触的扫描隧道显微镜裂结法(ECSTM-BJ),通过现场形成金属电极,对以Cu和Ag为电极的对苯二甲酸单分子结电导进行了测量.研究结果表明:利用该方法对所有数据直接线性统计即可得到很好结果;两种电极下都存在两套高和低...利用基于电化学跳跃接触的扫描隧道显微镜裂结法(ECSTM-BJ),通过现场形成金属电极,对以Cu和Ag为电极的对苯二甲酸单分子结电导进行了测量.研究结果表明:利用该方法对所有数据直接线性统计即可得到很好结果;两种电极下都存在两套高和低电导值,其中以Cu为电极的单分子结电导高低值分别为11.5和4.0 n S,而以Ag为电极的单分子结电导分别为10.3和3.8 n S,高值都约为低值的3倍,且以Cu为电极的单分子结电导要略大于以Ag为电极的电导,可归结于电极和分子的耦合不同造成的.与同样条件下测量得到的烷基链羧酸单分子结电导只存在一套值相比,对苯二甲酸表现出两套电导值,反应了分子内主链对分子结电导的影响.展开更多
To explore solvent gating of single-molecule electrical conductance due to solvent-molecule interactions, charge transport through single-molecule junctions with different anchoring groups in various solvent environme...To explore solvent gating of single-molecule electrical conductance due to solvent-molecule interactions, charge transport through single-molecule junctions with different anchoring groups in various solvent environments was measured by using the mechanically controllable break junction technique. We found that the conductance of single-molecule junctions can be tuned by nearly an order of magnitude by varying the polarity of solvent. Furthermore, gating efficiency due to solvent–molecule interactions was found to be dependent on the choice of the anchor group. Theoretical calculations revealed that the polar solvent shifted the molecular-orbital energies, based on the coupling strength of the anchor groups. For weakly coupled molecular junctions, the polar solvent–molecule interaction was observed to reduce the energy gap between the molecular orbital and the Fermi level of the electrode and shifted the molecular orbitals. This resulted in a more significant gating effect than that of the strongly coupled molecules. This study suggested that solvent–molecule interaction can significantly affect the charge transport through single-molecule junctions.展开更多
文摘利用基于电化学跳跃接触的扫描隧道显微镜裂结法(ECSTM-BJ),通过现场形成金属电极,对以Cu和Ag为电极的对苯二甲酸单分子结电导进行了测量.研究结果表明:利用该方法对所有数据直接线性统计即可得到很好结果;两种电极下都存在两套高和低电导值,其中以Cu为电极的单分子结电导高低值分别为11.5和4.0 n S,而以Ag为电极的单分子结电导分别为10.3和3.8 n S,高值都约为低值的3倍,且以Cu为电极的单分子结电导要略大于以Ag为电极的电导,可归结于电极和分子的耦合不同造成的.与同样条件下测量得到的烷基链羧酸单分子结电导只存在一套值相比,对苯二甲酸表现出两套电导值,反应了分子内主链对分子结电导的影响.
基金This work was supported by National Key R&D Project of China(2017YFA0204902)National Natural Science Foundation of China(21722305,21673195,21973079)+2 种基金FET Open project 767187–Qu IETthe EU project BAC-TO-FUELthe UK EPSRC grants EP/N017188/1,EP/P027156/1 and EP/N03337X/1
文摘To explore solvent gating of single-molecule electrical conductance due to solvent-molecule interactions, charge transport through single-molecule junctions with different anchoring groups in various solvent environments was measured by using the mechanically controllable break junction technique. We found that the conductance of single-molecule junctions can be tuned by nearly an order of magnitude by varying the polarity of solvent. Furthermore, gating efficiency due to solvent–molecule interactions was found to be dependent on the choice of the anchor group. Theoretical calculations revealed that the polar solvent shifted the molecular-orbital energies, based on the coupling strength of the anchor groups. For weakly coupled molecular junctions, the polar solvent–molecule interaction was observed to reduce the energy gap between the molecular orbital and the Fermi level of the electrode and shifted the molecular orbitals. This resulted in a more significant gating effect than that of the strongly coupled molecules. This study suggested that solvent–molecule interaction can significantly affect the charge transport through single-molecule junctions.
