Journal
NANO LETTERS
Volume 16, Issue 8, Pages 4733-+Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04899
Keywords
Spin-crossover switch; nanoscale transport; molecular spintronics; density functional theory
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- European FP7-ITN network MOLESCO
- Swiss National Science Foundation [200020-159730]
- NWO/OCW
- Dutch organization for Fundamental Research (FOM)
- ERC
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [200020_159730] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
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We investigate transport through mechanically triggered single-molecule switches that are based on the coordination sphere-dependent spin state of Fe-II-species. In these molecules, in certain junction configurations the relative arrangement of two terpyridine ligands within homoleptic Fe-II-complexes can be mechanically controlled. Mechanical pulling may thus distort the Fe-II coordination sphere and eventually modify their spin state. Using the movable nanoelectrodes in a mechanically controlled break-junction at low temperature, current-voltage measurements at cryogenic temperatures support the hypothesized switching mechanism based on the spin-crossover behavior. A large fraction of molecular junctions formed with the spin-crossover-active Fe-II-complex displays a conductance increase for increasing electrode separation and this increase can reach 1-2 orders of magnitude. Theoretical calculations predict a stretching-induced spin transition in the Fe-II-complex and a larger transmission for the high spin configuration.
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