Conductance switching of a phthalocyanine molecule on an insulating surface

doi:10.1007/s11467-016-0623-0

Front. Phys.

2017, Vol. 12

Issue (4) : 127303 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11467-016-0623-0

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Conductance switching of a phthalocyanine molecule on an insulating surface

Kun Peng Dou (豆坤鵬)¹,Chao-Cheng Kaun (關肇正)^1,²(

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¹. Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
². Department of Physics, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu 30013

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Abstract

We study the electron transport through the double-barrier junction consisted of the phthalocyanine molecule adsorbed on a NaCl bilayer on a metal substrate and the STM tip from first principles. The hydrogen tautomerization reaction happened in the molecule changes the spatial extensions of the molecular π orbitals under the tip, leading to junction conductance switching. Shifting the molecule to locate on different ions also varies the conductance. The transport channels of the tautomers on different adsorbed sites are identified.

Keywords first-principles calculations double-barrier junction NaCl bilayer tautomerization molecular electronics

Corresponding Author(s): Chao-Cheng Kaun (關肇正)

Issue Date: 17 October 2016

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Kun Peng Dou (豆坤鵬),Chao-Cheng Kaun (關肇正). Conductance switching of a phthalocyanine molecule on an insulating surface[J]. Front. Phys. , 2017, 12(4): 127303.

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