Scaling of quantum interference from single molecules to molecular cages and their monolayers.

ABSTRACT: The discovery of quantum interference (QI) is widely considered as an important advance in molecular electronics since it provides unique opportunities for achieving single-molecule devices with unprecedented performance. Although some pioneering studies suggested the presence of spin qubit coherence and QI in collective systems such as thin films, it remains unclear whether the QI can be transferred step-by-step from single molecules to different length scales, which hinders the application of QI in fabricating active molecular devices. Here, we found that QI can be transferred from a single molecule to their assemblies. We synthesized and investigated the charge transport through the molecular cages using 1,3-dipyridylbenzene (DPB) as a ligand block with a destructive quantum interferenc

SUBMITTER: Xu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9674264 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature