A new anchoring group to fabricate single-molecule junctions: diphenyl sulfide

作者:Hu, Zhonghao; Wang, Yanze; Liang, Lei; Wang, Mingzhen; Xiao, Bohuai*; Li, Yunchuan*
来源:Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2024, 12(3): 854-858.
DOI:10.1039/d3tc03311b

摘要

Diphenyl sulfide is connected with one or two thioanisoles, in a system initially prepared to learn about the electronic charge transport through it. Unexpectedly, we observed a remarkably high conductance, which is proved to arise from the S atom of the diphenyl sulfide (featuring superior chemical stability) involved in the formed molecular junction. This work provides a new anchor to fabricate reliable and reproducible molecular junctions. @@@ A new anchor (-SPh) was confirmed with the ability to enable reproducible molecular junction formation.

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