Session X26: Focus Session: Charge Transport in Nanostructures IV
8:00 AM–10:36 AM, Friday, March 9, 2007
Colorado Convention Center Room: 205
Sponsoring Unit:
DCP
Chair: Paul McEuen, Cornell University
Abstract ID: BAPS.2007.MAR.X26.10
Abstract: X26.00010 : Quantum-state-resolved probing of molecular inner-sphere reorganization using a single-molecule transistor
10:12 AM–10:24 AM
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Authors:
Nathalie de Leon
(Harvard University)
Wenjie Liang
(Harvard University)
Qian Gu
(Harvard University)
Hongkun Park
(Harvard University)
The coupling of electron transport through a single molecule to various degrees of freedom, such as spin, charge, and vibrations, can be probed using a single molecule transistor. The addition or subtraction of electrons usually accompanies a change in molecular geometry, a phenomenon known as inner-sphere reorganization. We have studied the effects of inner-sphere reorganization on electron transport using two complexes, ferrocene and Fe(bpy)$_{3}^{n+}$ (n = 1, 2, 3), as model systems. The reported energies of vibrational excitations in Fe(bpy)$_{3}^{n+}${\-} are in agreement with existing IR and Raman spectroscopic data.
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