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Combined experimental and theoretical DFT study of molecular nanowires negative differential resistance and interaction with gold clusters

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Electric-field-assisted assembly has been used to place rod-shaped metal nanowires containing 4-[[2-nitro-4-(phenylethynyl) phenyl] ethynyl] benzenthiol molecules onto lithographically defined metal pads. These junctions exhibited negative differential resistance. The quantum chemical approach was used to compare the properties of Au-bonded 4-[[2-nitro-4-(phenylethynyl) phenyl] ethynyl] benzenthiol molecule and a molecule that does not exhibit the negative differential resistance, Au-bonded 4-[[4-(phenylethynyl) phenyl] ethynyl] benzenthiol. The influence of the static electric field and charge variation were modelled for both systems.

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  1. J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dolejškova 3, 18223, Praha 8, Czech Republic

    S. Záliš

  2. Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Na Slovance 2, 182 21, Praha 8, Czech Republic

    I. Kratochvilova

  3. Department of Electrical Engineering and Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, PA 16802, University Park, USA

    A. Zambova, J. Mbindyo, T. E. Mallouk & T. S. Mayer

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Záliš, S., Kratochvilova, I., Zambova, A. et al. Combined experimental and theoretical DFT study of molecular nanowires negative differential resistance and interaction with gold clusters. Eur. Phys. J. E 18, 201–206 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2005-10043-5

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