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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2025

Single-Molecule Mechanoresistivity by Intermetallic Bonding.

Amit Sil, Chiara E Spano, Yahia Chelli, Simon J Higgins, Sara Sangtarash, Gianluca Piccinini, Mariagrazia Graziano, Richard J Nichols, Hatef Sadeghi, Andrea Vezzoli

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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10 authors.

Amit SilDepartment of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK.
Chiara E SpanoDepartment of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK.
Yahia ChelliDevice Modelling Group, School of Engineering, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.
Simon J HigginsDepartment of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK.
Sara SangtarashDevice Modelling Group, School of Engineering, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.
Gianluca PiccininiDepartment of Electronics and Telecommunications, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 10129, Torino, Italy.
Mariagrazia GrazianoDepartment of Electronics and Telecommunications, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 10129, Torino, Italy.
Richard J NicholsDepartment of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK.
Hatef SadeghiDevice Modelling Group, School of Engineering, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.
Andrea VezzoliDepartment of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8059-0113

Funding

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/V037765/1Leverhulme Trust ECF-2018-375Royal Society URF\R1\191241UK Research and Innovation EP/Y02513X/1UK Research and Innovation MR/S015329/2UK Research and Innovation MR/X015181/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The metal-electrode interface is key to unlocking emergent behaviour in all organic electrified systems, from battery technology to molecular electronics. In the latter, interfacial engineering has enabled efficient transport, higher device stability, and novel functionality. Mechanoresistivity - the change in electrical behaviour in response to a mechanical stimulus and a pathway to extremely sensitive force sensors - is amongst the most studied phenomena in molecular electronics, and the molecule-electrode interface plays a pivotal role in its emergence, reproducibility, and magnitude. In this contribution, we show that organometallic molecular wires incorporating a Pt(II) cation show mechanoresistive behaviour of exceptional magnitude, with conductance modulations of more than three orders of magnitude upon compression by as little as 1 nm. We synthesised series of cyclometalated Pt(II) molecular wires, and used scanning tunnelling microscopy - break junction techniques to characterise their electromechanical behaviour. Mechanoresistivity arises from an interaction between the Pt(II) cation and the Au electrode triggered by mechanical compression of the single-molecule device, and theoretical modelling confirms this hypothesis. Our study provides a new tool for the design of functional molecular wires by exploiting previously unreported ion-metal interactions in single-molecule devices, and develops a new framework for the development of mechanoresistive molecular junctions.

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Ion-Metal InteractionsMechanoresistive Molecular JunctionsMetal-Molecule InterfacesMolecular ElectronicsPt(II) Molecular Wires

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PMID39324416
PMCPMC11795739

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