Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-2006
Publication Title
Nano Letters
Volume
6
Issue
7
Pages
1518–1521
Publisher Name
American Physical Society
Abstract
We report electronic transport measurements of single-molecule transistor devices incorporating bipyridyl-dinitro oligophenylene-ethynylene dithiol (BPDN-DT), a molecule known to exhibit conductance switching in other measurement configurations. We observe hysteretic conductance switching in 8% of devices with measurable currents, and find that dependence of the switching properties on gate voltage is rare when compared to other single-molecule transistor devices. This suggests that polaron formation is unlikely to be responsible for switching in these devices. We discuss this and alternative switching mechanisms.
Recommended Citation
Keane, ZK, JW Ciszek, JM Tour, D Natelson. "Three-terminal devices to examine single molecule conductance switching" in Nano Letters 6(7), 2006. Authors' version available at arXiv:cond-mat/0605609v2.
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Author Posting. © 2006 American Chemical Society. This article is posted here by permission of the American Chemical Society for personal use, not for redistribution.The definitive version was published in Nano Letters, Volume 6, Issue 7, 2006. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl061117+