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[ACIE] Prof. Wenjing Hong published a paper entitled "Turning the Tap: Conformational Control of Quantum Interference to Modulate Single Molecule Conductance"

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Title: Turning the Tap: Conformational Control of Quantum Interference to Modulate Single Molecule Conductance

Authors: Feng Jiang, Douglas Trupp, Norah Algethami, Haining Zheng, Wenxiang He, Afaf Alqorashi, Chenxu Zhu, Chun Tang, Ruihao Li, Junyang Liu, Hatef Sadeghi, Jia Shi, Ross Davidson, Marcus Korb, Masnun Naher, Alexandre N. Sobolev, Sara Sangtarash, Paul J. Low, Wenjing Hong, Colin Lambert

Abstract: 

Together with the more intuitive and commonly recognized conductance mechanisms of charge‐hopping and tunneling, quantum interference (QI) phenomena have been identified as important factors affecting charge transport through molecules. Consequently, establishing simple, flexible molecular design strategies to understand, control and exploit QI in molecular junctions poses an exciting challenge. Here we demonstrate that destructive quantum interference (DQI) in meta‐substituted phenylene ethylene‐type oligomers (m‐OPE) can be tuned by changing the position and conformation of pendant methoxy (OMe) substituents around the central phenylene ring. These substituents play the role of molecular‐scale ‘taps’, which can be switched on or off to control the current flow through a molecule. Our experimental results conclusively verify recently postulated magic ratio and orbital product rules, and highlight a novel chemical design strategy for tuning and gating DQI features, to create single‐molecule devices with desirable electronic functions.


Full-Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.201909461