Conductance mechanism in a linear non-conjugated trimethylsilyl-acetylene molecule: tunneling through localized states

E.G. Petrov, A. Marchenko, O. Kapitanchuk, Nathalie Hélène Katsonis, D. Fichou

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Abstract

The conductance properties of 1,3-(trimethylsilyl)-1-tridecene-6,12-diyne, a non-conjugated trimethylsil-acetylene molecule have been investigated both experimentally and theoretically. Based on scanning tunnelling spectroscopy experiments, a discussion on the mechanisms controlling the charge transfer through this linear molecule is carried out. A specific property of the studied molecule is that it contains localized molecular orbitals. The shifts of the MOs energy levels caused by the applied voltage as well as a distant superexchange coupling between the respective localized MOs are shown to become determining in the formation of a nonlinear hole current through the molecule
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3-17
Number of pages14
JournalMolecular crystals and liquid crystals
Volume589
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

Keywords

  • METIS-308347
  • IR-95073

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