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Redox-controlled conductance of polyoxometalate molecular junctions
We demonstrate the reversible in situ photoreduction of molecular junctions of a phosphomolybdate [PMo12O40]3− monolayer self-assembled on flat gold electrodes, connected by the tip of a conductive atomic force microscope. The conductance of the one electron reduced [PMo12O40]4− molecular junction is increased by ∼10, and this open-shell state is stable in the junction in air at room temperature. The… Read More
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Terphenylthiazole-based self-assembled monolayers on cobalt with high conductance photo-switching ratio for spintronics
Two new photo-switchable terphenylthiazole molecules are synthesized and self-assembled as monolayers on Au and on ferromagnetic Co electrodes. The electron transport properties probed by conductive atomic force microscopy in ultra-high vacuum reveal a larger conductance of the light-induced closed (c) form than for the open (o) form. We report an unprecedented conductance ratio of up… Read More
