Dihydroazulene Photoswitch Operating in Sequential Tunneling Regime: Synthesis and Single-Molecule Junction Studies
作者:Søren Lindbaek Broman、Samuel Lara-Avila、Christine Lindbjerg Thisted、Andrew D. Bond、Sergey Kubatkin、Andrey Danilov、Mogens Brøndsted Nielsen
DOI:10.1002/adfm.201200897
日期:2012.10.23
assure weak coupling, the DHA switching kernel is modified by incorporating p‐MeSC6H4 end‐groups. Molecules are prepared by Suzuki cross‐couplings on suitable halogenated derivatives of DHA. The synthesis presents an expansion of our previously reported bromination–elimination–cross‐coupling protocol for functionalization of the DHA core. For all new derivatives the kinetics of DHA/VHF transition has
分子开关在分子电子学的发展中起着核心作用。在这项工作中,证明了如果开关核与电极弱耦合,则单分子二氢azulene(DHA)/乙烯基庚富烯(VHF)开关的重现性和耐用性可以得到显着增强,从而电子传输可以通过顺序隧穿进行。为了确保弱耦合,通过合并p- MeSC 6 H 4对DHA交换内核进行了修改。端组。分子是通过Suzuki交叉偶联在合适的DHA卤代衍生物上制备的。该合成显示了我们先前报道的用于DHA核心功能化的溴化-消除-交叉偶联方案的扩展。对于所有新的衍生物,已经在溶液中彻底研究了DHA / VHF跃迁的动力学。动力学揭示了硫端基对VHF热闭环的影响。一种包含p- MeSC 6 H 4的导数锚定基团的一端,已被放置在银纳米间隙中。电导率测量证明,通过DHA(高电阻率)和VHF(低电阻率)两种形式的传输都是通过顺序隧穿进行的。切换是相当可逆和可重入的;经过20多次“ ON-OFF”切换后,