Conformation-driven quantum interference effects mediated by through-space conjugation in self-assembled monolayers

Tunnelling currents through molecular junctions are affected by quantum interference effects, but understanding the factors leading to them remains a challenge. Here the authors show that through-space conjugation in self-assembled monolayers leads to conformation-dependent quantum interference that...

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Main Authors: Marco Carlotti, Andrii Kovalchuk, Tobias Wächter, Xinkai Qiu, Michael Zharnikov, Ryan C. Chiechi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13904