Transmission probability of a molecular connector

  • Transmission probability of a scattering electron as a function of energy.
  • The electrode material is silver or platinum
  • Molecular bridge: pentacene
  • Calculated by atomistic first-principles calculations
  • Further reading:

Conductance saturation in a series of highly transmitting molecular junctions

T. Yelin, R. Korytár, N. Sukenik, R. Vardimon, B. Kumar, C. Nuckolls, F. Evers & O. Tal,

Nature Materials 15, 444–449 (2016)