1. Signature of adsorbed solvents for molecular electronics revealed via scanning tunneling microscopy
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Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Física Aplicada, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Universitario de Síntesis Orgánica, Ara, Tamara de, Sabater, Carlos, Borja, Carla, Ferrer-Alcaraz, Patricia, Baciu, Bianca C., Guijarro, Albert, Untiedt, Carlos, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Física Aplicada, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Universitario de Síntesis Orgánica, Ara, Tamara de, Sabater, Carlos, Borja, Carla, Ferrer-Alcaraz, Patricia, Baciu, Bianca C., Guijarro, Albert, and Untiedt, Carlos
- Abstract
After evaporation of the organic solvents, benzene, toluene, and cyclohexane on gold substrates, Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM) shows the presence of a remaining adsorbed layer. The different solvent molecules were individually observed at ambient conditions, and their electronic transport properties characterized through the STM in the Break Junction approach. The combination of both techniques reveals, on one hand, that solvents are not fully evaporated over the gold electrode and, secondly, characterize the electronic transport of the solvents in molecular electronics.
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- 2022