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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 and Nath Pal, Atindra (2025) Unconventional Electromechanical Response in Ferrocene-Assisted Gold Atomic Chain. Nano Letters 25 (36), pp. 13511-13518.

Date of publication of this fulltext: 22 Oct 2025 04:31
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.77993


Abstract

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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Item typeArticle
Journal or Publication TitleNano Letters
Publisher:American Chemical Society (ACS)
Volume:25
Number of Issue or Book Chapter:36
Page Range:pp. 13511-13518
Date28 August 2025
InstitutionsPhysics > Institute of Theroretical Physics > Chair Ferdinand Evers
Regensburg Center for UltrafastNanoscopy (RUN)
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10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c02915DOI
KeywordsFerrocene, Break junction, Electro-mechanical response, Atomic chains, Molecule assisted atomic chain
Dewey Decimal Classification500 Science > 530 Physics
StatusPublished
RefereedYes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of RegensburgPartially
Item ID77993

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