Passing current through touching molecules

Details Passing current through touching molecules Passing current through touching molecules

2009-10-07

arxiv.org/abs/0910.1281v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 206803 (2009)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

4 pages, 4 figures (+ suppl. material 2 pages, 1 figure)

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.206803

The charge flow from a single C60 molecule to another one has been probed. The conformation and electronic states of both molecules on the contacting electrodes have been characterized using a cryogenic scanning tunneling microscope. While the contact conductance of a single molecule between two Cu electrodes can vary up to a factor of three depending on electrode geometry, the conductance of the C60-C60 contact is consistently lower by two orders of magnitude. First-principles transport calculations reproduce the experimental results, allow a determination of the actual C60-C60 distances, and identify the essential role of the intermolecular link in bi- and trimolecular chains.

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