Searching the hearts of graphene-like molecules for simplicity, sensitivity, and logic

Sangtarash, Sara and Huang, Cancan and Sadeghi, Hatef and Sorohhov, Gleb and Hauser, Jürg and Wandlowski, Thomas and Hong, Wenjing and Decurtins, Silvio and Liu, Shi-xia and Lambert, Colin J. (2015) Searching the hearts of graphene-like molecules for simplicity, sensitivity, and logic. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137 (35): 35. pp. 11425-11431. ISSN 0002-7863

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Abstract

If quantum interference patterns in the hearts of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons could be isolated and manipulated, then a significant step toward realizing the potential of single-molecule electronics would be achieved. Here we demonstrate experimentally and theoretically that a simple, parameter-free, analytic theory of interference patterns evaluated at the mid-point of the HOMO–LUMO gap (referred to as M-functions) correctly predicts conductance ratios of molecules with pyrene, naphthalene, anthracene, anthanthrene, or azulene hearts. M-functions provide new design strategies for identifying molecules with phase-coherent logic functions and enhancing the sensitivity of molecular-scale interferometers.

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Journal Article
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Journal of the American Chemical Society
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Date of Acceptance: 19/08/2015 This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Journal of the American Chemical Society, copyright ©2015 American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see http://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.5b06558
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?? biochemistrycolloid and surface chemistrygeneral chemistrycatalysischemistry(all) ??
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75671
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28 Sep 2015 11:05
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