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Highly nonlinear transport across single-molecule junctions via destructive quantum interference

Julia E. Greenwald,Joseph Cameron,4 Authors,L. Venkataraman

2020 · DOI: 10.1038/s41565-020-00807-x
Nature Nanotechnology · 70 Citations

TLDR

The conductance of a six-nanometre molecular wire can be reproducibly modulated by a factor of more than 1 × 104 at room temperature by enhancing destructive quantum interference amongst occupied molecular orbitals.