TY - JOUR
T1 - Efficient heating of single-molecule junctions for thermoelectric studies at cryogenic temperatures
AU - Gehring, Pascal
AU - Van Der Star, Martijn
AU - Evangeli, Charalambos
AU - Le Roy, Jennifer J.
AU - Bogani, Lapo
AU - Kolosov, Oleg V.
AU - Van Der Zant, Herre S.J.
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PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The energy dependent thermoelectric response of a single molecule contains valuable information about its transmission function and its excited states. However, measuring it requires devices that can efficiently heat up one side of the molecule while being able to tune its electrochemical potential over a wide energy range. Furthermore, to increase junction stability, devices need to operate at cryogenic temperatures. In this work, we report on a device architecture to study the thermoelectric properties and the conductance of single molecules simultaneously over a wide energy range. We employ a sample heater in direct contact with the metallic electrodes contacting the single molecule which allows us to apply temperature biases up to ΔT = 60 K with minimal heating of the molecular junction. This makes these devices compatible with base temperatures Tbath < 2 K and enables studies in the linear (Δ T ≪ T molecule) and nonlinear (Δ T ≫ T molecule) thermoelectric transport regimes.
AB - The energy dependent thermoelectric response of a single molecule contains valuable information about its transmission function and its excited states. However, measuring it requires devices that can efficiently heat up one side of the molecule while being able to tune its electrochemical potential over a wide energy range. Furthermore, to increase junction stability, devices need to operate at cryogenic temperatures. In this work, we report on a device architecture to study the thermoelectric properties and the conductance of single molecules simultaneously over a wide energy range. We employ a sample heater in direct contact with the metallic electrodes contacting the single molecule which allows us to apply temperature biases up to ΔT = 60 K with minimal heating of the molecular junction. This makes these devices compatible with base temperatures Tbath < 2 K and enables studies in the linear (Δ T ≪ T molecule) and nonlinear (Δ T ≫ T molecule) thermoelectric transport regimes.
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U2 - 10.1063/1.5118861
DO - 10.1063/1.5118861
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85070759982
VL - 115
JO - Applied Physics Letters
JF - Applied Physics Letters
SN - 0003-6951
IS - 7
M1 - 073103
ER -