The Nanomaterials Group, School of Chemistry, University of Wales, Bangor, Deiniol Street, Bangor, Gwynedd, UKLL55 2UW. g.j.ashwell@bangor.ac.uk
Abstract:
A self-assembled arylene-ethynylene molecular wire with a rigid 7 nm long backbone exhibits symmetrical current-voltage (I-V) characteristics and a single-molecule current of 0.35 +/- 0.05 nA at 0.3 V; these data are supported by theoretical calculations.