{
  "id": "cond-mat/0208407",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2002-08-21T12:49:55.000Z",
  "updated": "2002-08-21T12:49:55.000Z",
  "title": "Measurement of the conductance of a hydrogen molecule",
  "authors": [
    "R. H. M. Smit",
    "Y. Noat",
    "C. Untiedt",
    "N. D. Lang",
    "M. van Hemert",
    "J. M. van Ruitenbeek"
  ],
  "comment": "6 pages, 4 figures",
  "journal": "Nature Vol. 419 (2002) 906-909",
  "doi": "10.1038/nature01103",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall",
    "cond-mat.mtrl-sci"
  ],
  "abstract": "Recent years have shown steady progress in research towards molecular electronics [1,2], where molecules have been investigated as switches [3-5], diodes [6], and electronic mixers [7]. In much of the previous work a Scanning Tunnelling Microscope was employed to address an individual molecule. As this arrangement does not provide long-term stability, more recently metal-molecule-metal links have been made using break junction devices [8-10]. However, it has been difficult to establish unambiguously that a single molecule forms the contact [11]. Here, we show that a single H2 molecule can form a stable bridge between Pt electrodes. In contrast to results for other organic molecules, the bridge has a nearly perfect conductance of one quantum unit, carried by a single channel. The H2-bridge provides a simple test system and a fundamental step towards understanding transport properties of single-molecule devices.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2002-08-21T12:49:55.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "hydrogen molecule",
      "measurement",
      "simple test system",
      "single h2 molecule",
      "single molecule forms"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 6,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}