Electrical molecular switch addressed by chemical stimuli

Audi, H. and Viero, Y. and Alwhaibi, N. and Chen, Z. and Iazykov, M. and Heynderickx, A. and Xiao, F. and Guérin, D. and Krzeminski, C. and Grace, I.M. and Lambert, C.J. and Siri, O. and Vuillaume, D. and Lenfant, S. and Klein, H. (2020) Electrical molecular switch addressed by chemical stimuli. Nanoscale, 12 (18). pp. 10127-10139. ISSN 2040-3372

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Abstract

We demonstrate that the conductance switching of benzo-bis(imidazole) molecules upon protonation depends on the lateral functional groups. The protonated H-substituted molecule shows a higher conductance than the neutral one (Gpro > Gneu), while the opposite (Gneu > Gpro) is observed for a molecule laterally functionalized by amino-phenyl groups. These results are demonstrated at various scale lengths: self-assembled monolayers, tiny nanodot-molecule junctions and single molecules. From ab initio theoretical calculations, we conclude that for the H-substituted molecule, the result Gpro > Gneu is correctly explained by a reduction of the LUMO-HOMO gap, while for the amino-phenyl functionnalized molecule, the result Gneu > Gpro is consistent with a shift of the HOMO, which reduces the density of states at the Fermi energy.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Nanoscale
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151022
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Deposited On:
22 Jan 2021 12:10
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Yes
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Published
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