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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2023

Phase-Coherent Charge Transport through a Porphyrin Nanoribbon.

Zhixin Chen, Jie-Ren Deng, Songjun Hou, Xinya Bian, Jacob L Swett, Qingqing Wu, Jonathan Baugh, Lapo Bogani, G Andrew D Briggs, Jan A Mol and 3 more

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Article in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17 citing papers in PubMed.

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13 authors.

Zhixin ChenDepartment of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PH, U.K.
Jie-Ren DengDepartment of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, U.K.
Songjun HouDepartment of Physics, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YB, U.K.
Xinya BianDepartment of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PH, U.K.
Jacob L SwettDepartment of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PH, U.K.
Qingqing WuDepartment of Physics, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YB, U.K.
Jonathan BaughInstitute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada.
Lapo BoganiDepartment of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PH, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-4926-5048
G Andrew D BriggsDepartment of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PH, U.K.ORCID 0000-0003-1950-2097
Jan A MolSchool of Physical and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University, London E1 4NS, U.K.ORCID 0000-0003-0411-2598
Colin J LambertDepartment of Physics, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YB, U.K.ORCID 0000-0003-2332-9610
Harry L AndersonDepartment of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-1801-8132
James O ThomasDepartment of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PH, U.K.ORCID 0000-0003-1959-1675

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since the early days of quantum mechanics, it has been known that electrons behave simultaneously as particles and waves, and now quantum electronic devices can harness this duality. When devices are shrunk to the molecular scale, it is unclear under what conditions does electron transmission remain phase-coherent, as molecules are usually treated as either scattering or redox centers, without considering the wave-particle duality of the charge carrier. Here, we demonstrate that electron transmission remains phase-coherent in molecular porphyrin nanoribbons connected to graphene electrodes. The devices act as graphene Fabry-Pérot interferometers and allow for direct probing of the transport mechanisms throughout several regimes. Through electrostatic gating, we observe electronic interference fringes in transmission that are strongly correlated to molecular conductance across multiple oxidation states. These results demonstrate a platform for the use of interferometric effects in single-molecule junctions, opening up new avenues for studying quantum coherence in molecular electronic and spintronic devices.

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