Proton-triggered switch based on a molecular transistor with edge-on gate.

ABSTRACT: The manipulation of charge transport through single molecules so that electronic information can be controlled is a basic challenge that is important for both fundamental understanding of the mechanisms and the potential applications in single-molecule technologies. This paper reports the influence of protonation on the gating effect in a series of molecular wires utilizing a pyridinoparacyclophane (PPC) moiety as the edge-on gate. It was found that the molecular conductance, transition voltage, and the corresponding tunnelling barriers can be reversibly switched by the protonation/deprotonation process of the nitrogen atom on the PPC pyridine ring. It was found that protonation levels off the tunnelling barrier of different molecules and converts p-type molecular wires into n-type, revers

SUBMITTER: Li L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6005264 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature