Mechanical Stretching-Induced Electron-Transfer Reactions and Conductance Switching in Single Molecules
作者:Yueqi Li、Naomi L. Haworth、Limin Xiang、Simone Ciampi、Michelle L. Coote、Nongjian Tao
DOI:10.1021/jacs.7b08239
日期:2017.10.18
molecule to its structure. Here we show experimentally that fine changes to molecular structures by mechanically stretching a single metal complex molecule via changing the metal-ligand bond length can shift its electronic energy levels and predictably guide electron-transfer reactions, leading to the changes in redox state. We monitor the redox state of the molecule by tracking its characteristic conductance