Journal
ACS NANO
Volume 5, Issue 8, Pages 6669-6685Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/nn202206e
Keywords
molecular electronics; redox molecular junctions; electrochemical electron transfer; Marcus theory; rectification; NDR
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- Israel Science Foundation
- Israel-U.S. Binational Science Fundation
- European Science Council [226628]
- Israel-Niedersachsen Research Fund
- European Research Council (ERC) [226628] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
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Redox molecular junctions are molecular conduction junctions that involve. more than one oxidation state of the molecular bridge. This property is derived from the ability of the molecule to transiently localize transmitting electrons, implying relatively weak molecule-leads coupling and in many cases, the validity of the Marcus theory of electron transfer Here we study the.. implications of this property on the nonlinear transport properties of such junctions. We obtain an analytical solution of the integral equations that describe molecular conduction in the Marcus kinetic regime and use it in different physical limits to predict some important features of nonlinear transport in metal molecule metal junctions. In particular, conduction,rectification, and negative differential resistance can be obtained In different regimes of interplay between two different conduction channels associated with different localization Properties of the excess molecular charge, without specific assumptions about the electronic structure of the molecular bridge. The predicted behaviors show temperature dependences typically observed in the experiment. The validity of the proposed model and ways to test its predictions and implement the implied control strategies are discussed.
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