Single-molecule conductance studies on quasi- and metallaaromatic dibenzoylmethane coordination compounds and their aromatic analogs
André Mang, Nils Rotthowe, Katawoura Beltako, Michael Linseis, Fabian Pauly, Rainer F. Winter
Abstract
According to STM break-junction and quantum chemical studies, electrical conductances of dibenzoylmethane-Lewis acid adducts follow an ordering quasi-aromatic > metallaaromatic > aromatic and exceed those of topologically equivalent meta -terphenyls.
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DibenzoylmethaneAromaticityMoleculeDensity functional theoryConjugated systemScanning tunneling microscopeConductanceChemistryResonance (particle physics)Computational chemistryChemical physicsMaterials scienceCrystallographyNanotechnologyOrganic chemistryPhysicsAtomic physicsPolymerCondensed matter physicsMolecular Junctions and NanostructuresSurface Chemistry and CatalysisQuantum and electron transport phenomena