title: Vibrationally mediated negative differential resistance in a single molecule
abstract: A new mechanism for negative differential resistance (NDR) has been discovered and involves a single molecule in the junction of a scanning tunneling microscope. The NDR was observed at voltages corresponding to the vibrational energies of single pyrrolidine molecules on the (001) surface of copper at 9 K. This vibrationally mediated NDR contrasts with the previously known mechanisms which all involve the electronic states of the conducting media.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics and Cornell Center for Materials Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gaudioso
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Lauhon
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ho