{
  "id": "1109.2089",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2011-09-09T18:46:38.000Z",
  "updated": "2011-11-03T13:55:40.000Z",
  "title": "Carbon tips as electrodes for single-molecule junctions",
  "authors": [
    "Andres Castellanos-Gomez",
    "Stefan Bilan",
    "Linda A. Zotti",
    "Carlos R. Arroyo",
    "Nicolas Agrait",
    "Juan Carlos Cuevas",
    "Gabino Rubio-Bollinger"
  ],
  "comment": "10 pages, 5 figures (including supplementary information)",
  "journal": "Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 123105 (2011)",
  "doi": "10.1063/1.3643031",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall",
    "cond-mat.mtrl-sci"
  ],
  "abstract": "We study electron transport through single-molecule junctions formed by an octanethiol molecule bonded with the thiol anchoring group to a gold electrode and the opposing methyl endgroup to a carbon tip. Using the scanning tunneling microscope based break junction technique, we measure the electrical conductance of such molecular junctions. We observe the presence of well-defined conductance plateaus during the stretching of the molecular bridge, which is the signature of the formation of a molecular junction.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2011-11-03T13:55:40.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "73.63.-b",
      "85.65.+h",
      "68.37.Ef",
      "73.40.-c"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "single-molecule junctions",
      "carbon tip",
      "molecular junction",
      "study electron transport",
      "break junction technique"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "journal": "Applied Physics Letters",
      "year": 2011,
      "month": "Sep",
      "volume": 99,
      "number": 12,
      "pages": 123105
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 10,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2011ApPhL..99l3105C"
    }
  }
}