Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.138, No.7, 2078-2081, 2016
Valence Band Dependent Charge Transport in Bulk Molecular Electronic Devices Incorporating Highly Conjugated Multi-[(Porphinato)Metal] Oligomers
Molecular electronics offers the potential to control device functions through the fundamental electronic properties of individual molecules, but realization of such possibilities is typically frustrated when such specialized molecules are integrated into a larger area device. Here we utilize highly conjugated (porphinato)metal-based oligomers (PMn structures) as molecular wire components of nanotransfer printed (nTP) molecular junctions; electrical characterization of these "bulk" nTP devices highlights device resistances that depend on PMn wire length. Device resistance measurements, determined as a function of PMn molecular length, were utilized to evaluate the magnitude of a phenomenological beta corresponding to the resistance decay parameter across the barrier; these data show that the magnitude of this beta value is modulated via porphyrin macrocycle central metal atom substitution [beta(PZnn; 0.065 angstrom(-1)) < beta(PCun; 0.132 angstrom(-1))