Citation: Yang Guogang, Wu Hao, Wei Junying, Zheng Jueting, Chen Zhaobin, Liu Junyang, Shi Jia, Yang Yang, Hong Wenjing. Quantum interference effect in the charge transport through single-molecule benzene dithiol junction at room temperature: An experimental investigation[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2018, 29(1): 147-150. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2017.06.015 shu

Quantum interference effect in the charge transport through single-molecule benzene dithiol junction at room temperature: An experimental investigation

State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China

Corresponding author: Liu Junyang, jyliu@xmu.edu.cn Yang Yang, yangyang@xmu.edu.cn Hong Wenjing, whong@xmu.edu.cn
Received Date: 9 May 2017
Revised Date: 25 May 2017
Accepted Date: 9 June 2017
Available Online: 12 January 2017

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The quantum interference effect in the charge transport through single-phenyl molecules received intensive interests from theory but remained as an experimental challenge. In this paper, we investigated the charge transport through single-molecule benzene dithiol (BDT) junction with different connectivities using mechanically controllable break junction (MCBJ) technique. By further improving the mechanical stability and the electronic measuring component of the MCBJ set-up, we obtained the conductance histograms of BDT molecules (BDTs) from the statistical analysis of conductance-distance traces without data selection. By tuning the connectivity, the conductance of BDTs is determined to be 10^-1.2 G₀, 10^-2.2 G₀ and 10^-1.0 G₀ for para, meta, and ortho connectivity, following the trend that ortho-BDT > para-BDT > meta-BDT. Furthermore, the displacements of the junctions followed the trend that para > meta > ortho, suggesting the charge transport through the molecules via the gold-thiol bond. The different trends between conductance and displacement for different connectivities suggests the presence of destructive quantum interference effect on meta-BDT, which provides the experimental evidence for the quantum interference effect through single-phenyl molecular junctions.
- Quantum interference,
- Single-molecule conductance,
- Benzene dithiol,
- Different connectivity,
- Mechanically controllable break junction
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