title: Kondo resonances and anomalous gate dependence in the electrical conductivity of single-molecule transistors.
abstract: We report Kondo resonances in the conduction of single-molecule transistors based on transition metal coordination complexes. We find Kondo temperatures in excess of 50 K, comparable to those in purely metallic systems. The observed gate dependence of the Kondo temperature is inconsistent with observations in semiconductor quantum dots and a simple single-dot-level model. We discuss possible explanations of this effect, in light of electronic structure calculations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, USA.
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Z K
authors.initials: ZK
authors.lastname: Keane
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Ciszek
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Tour
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Baruah
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Pederson
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Natelson