Single molecule conductance through rigid norbornylogous bridges with zero average curvature Yang, Wenrong R., Jones, Michael W., Li, Xiulan, Eggers, Paul K., Tao, Nongjian, Gooding, J. Justin and Paddon-Row, Michael N. 2008, Single molecule conductance through rigid norbornylogous bridges with zero average curvature, Journal of physical chemistry Part C : nanomaterials and interfaces, vol. 112, no. 24, pp. 9072-9080, doi: 10.1021/jp802328b. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Single molecule conductance through rigid norbornylogous bridges with zero average curvature Author(s) Yang, Wenrong R. orcid.org/0000-0001-8815-1951 Jones, Michael W. Li, Xiulan Eggers, Paul K. Tao, Nongjian Gooding, J. Justin Paddon-Row, Michael N. Journal name Journal of physical chemistry Part C : nanomaterials and interfaces Volume number 112 Issue number 24 Start page 9072 End page 9080 Total pages 9 Publisher American Chemical Society Place of publication Washington, D.C. Publication date 2008-06-19 ISSN 1932-7447 1932-7455 Summary A new homologous series of norbornylogous (NB) bridges has been synthesized in which the average curvature of the bridges is very small. The molecules are rigid and have two thiol moieties at each end to allow them to form self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) and to connect to two gold electrodes to form a molecular junction. The SAMs formed were characterized using electrochemistry to determine the surface coverage of molecules on gold surface and to provide an indication of the packing of the NB bridges while ellipsometry and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) were used to provide an indication of the SAM thickness and orientation. Single molecule conductance of NB bridges was measured as a function of the molecular length. The conductance was found to decrease exponentially with the length with a decay constant that is exactly correlated with photoelectron transfer and other studies at the multiple molecule level. The molecule−electrode contact resistance was determined and compared with that of related alkanedithiol molecular junctions. Language eng DOI 10.1021/jp802328b Field of Research 100703 Nanobiotechnology Socio Economic Objective 970103 Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2008, American Chemical Society Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30034974 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Institute for Technology Research and Innovation GTP Research Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 30 May 2011, 10:55:27 EST Wed, 14 Sep 2011, 15:12:24 EST Wed, 14 Sep 2011, 15:13:27 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 18:02:22 EST Thu, 11 Dec 2014, 17:03:46 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 18 times in TR Web of Science Cited 20 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 686 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 30 May 2011, 10:55:27 EST