Molecular wires in single-molecule junctions: charge transport and vibrational excitations. Academic Article

abstract

• We investigate the effect of vibrations on the electronic transport through single-molecule junctions, using the mechanically controlled break junction technique. The molecules under investigation are oligoyne chains with appropriate end groups, which represent both an ideally linear electrical wire and an ideal molecular vibrating string. Vibronic features can be detected as satellites to the electronic transitions, which are assigned to longitudinal modes of the string by comparison with density functional theory data.

authors

• Gladysz, John

published proceedings

• Chemphyschem

author list (cited authors)

• Ballmann, S., Hieringer, W., Secker, D., Zheng, Q., Gladysz, J. A., Grling, A., & Weber, H. B.

citation count

• 75

complete list of authors

• Ballmann, Stefan||Hieringer, Wolfgang||Secker, Daniel||Zheng, Qinglin||Gladysz, John A||Görling, Andreas||Weber, Heiko B

publication date

• July 2010

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• ChemPhysChem  Journal

keywords

• Density Functional Calculations
• Electron Transport
• Mechanically Controlled Break Junction
• Molecular Electronics
• Oligoyne

PubMed Central ID

• 20521299

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1002/cphc.200900974

start page

• 2256

end page

• 2260

volume

• 11

issue

• 10

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cphc.200900974