A new class of extended tetrathiafulvalene cruciform molecules for molecular electronics with dithiafulvene-4,5-dithiolate anchoring groups.

Parker, Christian Richard; Wei, Zhongming; Arroyo, Carlos R; Jennum, Karsten; Li, Tao; Santella, Marco; Bovet, Nicolas; Zhao, Guangyao et al. · Adv Mater · 2013

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Cruciform motifs with two orthogonally oriented π-extended tetrathiafulvalenes and with differently protected thiolate end-groups are synthesized by stepwise coupling reactions. The molecules are subjected to single-molecule conductivity studies in a break-junction and to conducting probe atomic force microscopy studies in a self-assembled monolayer on gold.