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ArticleNature communications2022

Tetrathiafulvalenes as anchors for building highly conductive and mechanically tunable molecular junctions.

Qi Zhou, Kai Song, Guanxin Zhang, Xuwei Song, Junfeng Lin, Yaping Zang, Deqing Zhang, Daoben Zhu

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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  1. Precise Probing of Interfaces at the Single-Molecule Scale.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  2. When Dihedral Angles Mask Denticity in Molecular Conductance.Chemphyschem : a European journal of chemical physics and physical chemistry · 2026
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  3. Contact Electrification via Redox-Active Molecules.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026
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Qi Zhou *Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China.
Kai Song *Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China.
Guanxin ZhangBeijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China. gxzhang@iccas.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1417-6985
Xuwei SongBeijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China.
Junfeng LinBeijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China.
Yaping ZangBeijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China. zangyaping@iccas.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1923-3758
Deqing ZhangBeijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China.
Daoben ZhuBeijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The interface between molecules and electrodes has great impact on charge transport of molecular devices. Precisely manipulating the structure and electronic coupling of electrode-molecule interface at a molecular level is very challenging. Here, we develop new molecular junctions based on tetrathiafulvalene (TTF)-fused naphthalene diimide (NDI) molecules which are anchored to gold electrodes through direct TTF-Au contacts formed via Au-S bonding. These contacts enable highly efficient orbital hybridization of gold electrodes and the conducting π-channels, yielding strong electrode-molecule coupling and remarkably high conductivity in the junctions. By further introducing additional thiohexyl (SHe) anchors to the TTF units, we develop molecular wires with multiple binding sites and demonstrate reversibly switchable electrode-molecule contacts and junction conductance through mechanical control. These findings show a superb electrode-molecule interface and provide a new strategy for precisely tunning the conductance of molecular devices towards new functions.

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