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Chem. Commun., 2007, 3074 - 3076, DOI: 10.1039/b705521h


The effect of molecular conformation on single molecule conductance: measurements of -conjugated oligoaryls by STM break junction

I-Wen Peter Chen, Ming-Dung Fu, Wei-Hsiang Tseng, Chun-hsien Chen, Chih-Ming Chou and Tien-Yau Luh


Measurements of molecular break junction reveal quantitatively the correlation betweeen the single-molecule conductance and the conformation of -conjugated molecules with 6–18 conjugated double bonds.

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