Resonant transport in a highly conducting single molecular junction via metal-metal covalent bond

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=iG9-6iK.k8" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=iG9-6iK.k8</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3nr02585c" target="_blank" >10.1039/d3nr02585c</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Resonant transport in a highly conducting single molecular junction via metal-metal covalent bond

Original language description

Achieving highly transmitting molecular junctions through resonant transport at low bias is key to the next-generation low-power molecular devices. Although resonant transport in molecular junctions was observed by connecting a molecule between the metal electrodes via chemical anchors by applying a high source-drain bias (&gt;1 V), the conductance was limited to G(0), G(0) being the quantum of conductance. Herein, we report electronic transport measurements by directly connecting a ferrocene molecule between Au electrodes under ambient conditions in a mechanically controllable break junction setup (MCBJ), revealing a conductance peak at &amp; SIM;0.2G(0) in the conductance histogram. A similar experiment was repeated for ferrocene terminated with amine (-NH2) and cyano (-CN) anchors, where conductance histograms exhibit an extended low conductance feature, including the sharp high conductance peak, similar to pristine ferrocene. The statistical analysis of the data and density functional theory-based transport calculation suggest a possible molecular conformation with a strong hybridization between the Au electrodes, and that the Fe atom of ferrocene is responsible for a near-perfect transmission in the vicinity of the Fermi energy, leading to the resonant transport at a small applied bias (&lt;0.5 V). Moreover, calculations including van der Waals/dispersion corrections reveal a covalent-like organometallic bonding between Au and the central Fe atom of ferrocene, having bond energies of &amp; SIM;660 meV. Overall, our study not only demonstrates the realization of an air-stable highly transmitting molecular junction, but also provides important insights about the nature of chemical bonding at the metal/organo-metallic interface.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10302 - Condensed matter physics (including formerly solid state physics, supercond.)

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA22-22419S" target="_blank" >GA22-22419S: Molecular spintronics: control of spin-orbit fields</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Nanoscale

ISSN

2040-3364

e-ISSN

2040-3372

Volume of the periodical

15

Issue of the periodical within the volume

31

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

12995-13008

UT code for WoS article

001033778600001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85167368509