Transport through a Single Octanethiol Molecule

D. Kockmann; Bene Poelsema; Henricus J.W. Zandvliet

doi:10.1021/nl803767c

Transport through a Single Octanethiol Molecule

D. Kockmann, Bene Poelsema, Henricus J.W. Zandvliet

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Abstract

Octanethiol molecules adsorbed on Pt chains are studied with scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy at 77 K. The head of the octanethiol binds to a Pt atom and the tail is lying flat down on the chain. Open-loop current time traces reveal that the molecule wags its tail and attaches to the scanning tunneling microscopy-tip resulting in a dramatic increase of the current. We measured a single molecule resistance of 100−150 MΩ.

Original language	Undefined
Pages (from-to)	1147-1151
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nano letters
Volume	9
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/nl803767c
Publication status	Published - 2009

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IR-73022
METIS-257011

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