Chemistry Letters, Vol.37, No.4, 408-409, 2008
Reproducible single-molecule conductance measurements of 1,4-benzenedithiol with break junction methods by diluting it in a thin insulating monolayer
We demonstrate here a new sample preparation method satisfying requirements for ideal single-molecule conductance measurements using break junction methods. By diluting a targeted dithiol in an insulating self-assembled monolayer of a short methane thiolate with an adamantane cage on Au(1 1 1), we succeeded in constructing reproducible conductance histograms with clear peaks for the dithiol using all measured conductance traces.