Molecular heterojunctions of oligo(phenylene ethynylene)s with linear to cruciform framework

Zhongming Wei; Tim Hansen; Marco Santella; Xintai Wang; Christian Richard Parker; Xingbin Jiang; Tao Li; Magni Glyvradal; Karsten Stein Jennum; Emil Glibstrup; Nicolas Emile Bovet; Xiaowei Wang; Wenping Hu; Gemma C. Solomon; Mogens Brøndsted Nielsen; Xiaohui Qiu; Thomas Bjørnholm; Kasper Nørgaard; Bo Wegge Laursen

doi:10.1002/adfm.201404388

Molecular heterojunctions of oligo(phenylene ethynylene)s with linear to cruciform framework

Zhongming Wei, Tim Hansen, Marco Santella, Xintai Wang, Christian Richard Parker, Xingbin Jiang, Tao Li, Magni Glyvradal, Karsten Stein Jennum, Emil Glibstrup, Nicolas Emile Bovet, Xiaowei Wang, Wenping Hu, Gemma C. Solomon, Mogens Brøndsted Nielsen, Xiaohui Qiu, Thomas Bjørnholm, Kasper Nørgaard^*, Bo Wegge Laursen

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Electrical transport properties of molecular junctions are fundamentally affected by the energy alignment between molecular frontier orbitals (highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) or lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO)) and Fermi level (or work function) of electrode metals. Dithiafulvene (DTF) is used as substituent group to the oligo(phenylene ethynylene) (OPE) molecular wires and different molecular structures based on OPE3 backbone (with linear to cruciform framework) are achieved, with viable molecular orbitals and HOMO-LUMO energy gaps. OPE3, OPE3-DTF, and OPE3-tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) can form good self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on Au substrates. Molecular heterojunctions based on these SAMs are investigated using conducting probe-atomic force microscopy with different tips (Ag, Au, and Pt) and Fermi levels. The calibrated conductance values follow the sequence OPE3-TTF > OPE3-DTF > OPE3 irrespective of the tip metal. Rectification properties (or diode behavior) are observed in case of the Ag tip for which the work function is furthest from the HOMO levels of the OPE3s. Quantum chemical calculations of the transmission qualitatively agree with the experimental data and reproduce the substituent effect of DTF. Zero-bias conductance, and symmetric or asymmetric couplings to the electrodes are investigated. The results indicate that improved fidelity of molecular transport measurements may be achieved by systematic studies of homologues series of molecular wires applying several different metal electrodes.

Original language	English
Journal	Advanced Functional Materials
Volume	25
Issue number	11
Pages (from-to)	1700-1708
Number of pages	9
ISSN	1616-301X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201404388
Publication status	Published - 21 Jan 2015

Keywords

Atomic force microscopy
Cruciform
Dithiofulvalene
Molecular electronics
Oligo(phenylene ethynylene)

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Wei, Z., Hansen, T., Santella, M., Wang, X., Parker, C. R., Jiang, X., Li, T., Glyvradal, M., Jennum, K. S., Glibstrup, E., Bovet, N. E., Wang, X., Hu, W., Solomon, G. C., Nielsen, M. B., Qiu, X., Bjørnholm, T., Nørgaard, K., & Laursen, B. W. (2015). Molecular heterojunctions of oligo(phenylene ethynylene)s with linear to cruciform framework. Advanced Functional Materials, 25(11), 1700-1708. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201404388

Wei, Z, Hansen, T, Santella, M, Wang, X, Parker, CR, Jiang, X, Li, T, Glyvradal, M, Jennum, KS, Glibstrup, E, Bovet, NE, Wang, X, Hu, W, Solomon, GC , Nielsen, MB, Qiu, X, Bjørnholm, T, Nørgaard, K & Laursen, BW 2015, 'Molecular heterojunctions of oligo(phenylene ethynylene)s with linear to cruciform framework', Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 25, no. 11, pp. 1700-1708. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201404388

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Molecular heterojunctions of oligo(phenylene ethynylene)s with linear to cruciform framework

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