期刊
CHEMPHYSCHEM
卷 19, 期 17, 页码 2258-2265出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201800220
关键词
single-molecule junctions; graphene electrode; feedback-controlled electroburning; covalent coupling; room-temperature stability
资金
- National Key R&D Program of China [2017YFA0204903, 2016YFA0201901]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21573014, 61671021, 61621061]
We present a robust approach to fabricate stable single-molecule junctions at room temperature using single-layer graphene as nanoelectrodes. Molecular scale nano-gaps in graphene were generated using an optimized fast-speed feedback-controlled electroburning process. This process shortened the time for creating a single nano-gap to be less than one minute while keeping a yield higher than 97%. To precisely control the gap position and minimize the effects of edge defects and the quantum confinement, extra-narrow grooves were pre-patterned in the graphene structures with oxygen plasma etching. Molecular junctions were formed by bridging the nano-gaps with amino-functionalized hexaphenyl molecules by taking advantage of chemical reactions between the amino groups at the two ends of the molecules and the carboxyl groups at the edges of graphene electrodes. Electronic transport measurements and transition voltage spectroscopy analysis verified the formation of single-molecule devices. First-principles quantum transport calculations show that the highest occupied molecular orbital of hexaphenyl is closer to the Fermi level of the graphene electrodes and thus the devices exhibit a hole-type transport characteristics. Some of these molecular devices remained stable up to four weeks, highlighting the potential of graphene nano-electrodes in the fabrication of stable single-molecule devices at room temperature.
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