Print Email Facebook Twitter Single–molecule conductance measurements Title Single–molecule conductance measurements: Correlations between chemical design and electronic properties Author Olavarria Contreras, I.J. (TU Delft QN/van der Zant Lab) Contributor van der Zant, H.S.J. (promotor) Dulic, D. (promotor) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Date 2018-07-02 Abstract This thesis is about measurements of the electrical properties of different families of molecules. The research was focused on fundamental questions of charge transport in organic molecules. With this aim, experiments were performed to shed light on the underlying transport mechanisms. For example, an important ingredient of the work concerned the understanding of quantum interference effects in transport. On the other hand, several bio-inspired molecules were tested as electrical components revealing, for example, that with a certain chemical design a single-curcuminoid molecule act as a switch. Subject single-molecule electronicsconductance measurementsmechanically controlled break junctionquantum transportcurcuminoidssalencarbon-gold bond To reference this document use: https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:da689def-97eb-4199-88a9-0637d820e47b ISBN 9789085933526 Embargo date 2019-07-02 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type doctoral thesis Rights © 2018 I.J. Olavarria Contreras Files PDF dissertation_IJOlavarria.pdf 25.41 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:da689def-97eb-4199-88a9-0637d820e47b/datastream/OBJ/view