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Pabi, Biswajit ; Marek, Stepan ; Klein, Tal ; Thakur, Arunabha ; Korytar, Richard ; Nath Pal, Atindra

Unconventional Electromechanical Response in Ferrocene-Assisted Gold Atomic Chain

Pabi, Biswajit, Marek, Stepan , Klein, Tal, Thakur, Arunabha, Korytar, Richard und Nath Pal, Atindra (2025) Unconventional Electromechanical Response in Ferrocene-Assisted Gold Atomic Chain. Nano Letters 25 (36), S. 13511-13518.

Veröffentlichungsdatum dieses Volltextes: 22 Okt 2025 04:31
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DOI zum Zitieren dieses Dokuments: 10.5283/epub.77993


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Atomically thin metallic chains serve as pivotal systems for studying quantum transport, with their conductance strongly linked to the orbital picture. We report an unusual electromechanical response in Au/ferrocene/Au junctions, manifested as tilted “Z”- and “V”-shaped features with more than an order-of-magnitude conductance change upon stretching at cryogenic temperatures, a striking deviation ...

Atomically thin metallic chains serve as pivotal systems for studying quantum transport, with their conductance strongly linked to the orbital picture. We report an unusual electromechanical response in Au/ferrocene/Au junctions, manifested as tilted “Z”- and “V”-shaped features with more than an order-of-magnitude conductance change upon stretching at cryogenic temperatures, a striking deviation from the flat, decaying, or occasionally increasing profiles typically observed in metallic or molecular junctions. This response emerges during the formation of a ferrocene-assisted atomic gold chain in a mechanically controllable break junction setup, enabled by direct metal–organometallic bonding in the absence of anchoring groups. Density functional calculations reveal that molecular tilting within the chain modulates orbital overlap and transmission spectra, driving the observed conductance evolution. These findings identify metallocene as a distinct class of molecular systems with strong mechanical–electronic coupling, opening pathways to engineer nanoscale devices through the interplay of orbital hybridization and mechanical deformation.



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DokumentenartArtikel
Titel eines Journals oder einer ZeitschriftNano Letters
Verlag:American Chemical Society (ACS)
Band:25
Nummer des Zeitschriftenheftes oder des Kapitels:36
Seitenbereich:S. 13511-13518
Datum28 August 2025
InstitutionenPhysik > Institut für Theoretische Physik > Lehrstuhl Ferdinand Evers
Regensburg Center for Ultrafast Nanoscopy (RUN)
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WertTyp
10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c02915DOI
Stichwörter / KeywordsFerrocene, Break junction, Electro-mechanical response, Atomic chains, Molecule assisted atomic chain
Dewey-Dezimal-Klassifikation500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 530 Physik
StatusVeröffentlicht
BegutachtetJa, diese Version wurde begutachtet
An der Universität Regensburg entstandenZum Teil
Dokumenten-ID77993

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