title: Transport through a single octanethiol molecule.
abstract: Octanethiol molecules adsorbed on Pt chains are studied with scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy at 77 K. The head of the octanethiol binds to a Pt atom and the tail is lying flat down on the chain. Open-loop current time traces reveal that the molecule wags its tail and attaches to the scanning tunneling microscopy-tip resulting in a dramatic increase of the current. We measured a single molecule resistance of 100-150 Mohms.
authors.affiliation: Physical Aspects of Nanoelectronics and Solid State Physics, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands. d.kockmann@utwente.nl
authors.forename: Daan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kockman
authors.forename: Bene
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Poelsema
authors.forename: Harold J W
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Zandvliet