Electrical conductance of molecular junctions by a robust statistical analysis

Nano Lett. 2006 Oct;6(10):2238-42. doi: 10.1021/nl061581e.

Abstract

We propose an objective and robust method to extract the electrical conductance of single molecules connected to metal electrodes from a set of measured conductance data. Our method roots in the physics of tunneling and is tested on octanedithiol using mechanically controllable break junctions. The single molecule conductance values can be deduced without the need for data selection.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computer Simulation
  • Electric Conductivity
  • Electrochemistry / methods*
  • Microchemistry / methods*
  • Microelectrodes*
  • Models, Chemical*
  • Models, Molecular*
  • Models, Statistical
  • Molecular Probe Techniques*