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Switching Quantum Interference in Phenoxyquinone Single Molecule Junction with Light.

ABSTRACT: Quantum interference (QI) can lead to large variations in single molecule conductance. However, controlling QI using external stimuli is challenging. The molecular structure of phenoxyquinone can be tuned reversibly using light stimulus. In this paper, we show that this can be utilized to control QI in phenoxyquinone derivatives. Our calculations indicate that, as a result of such variation in molecular structure of phenoxyquinone, a crossover from destructive to constructive QI is induced. This leads to a significant variation in the single molecule conductance by a couple of orders of magnitude. This control of QI using light is a new paradigm in photosensitive single molecule switches and opens new avenues for future QI-based photoswitches.

SUBMITTER: Daaoub A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7466391 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Switching Quantum Interference in Phenoxyquinone Single Molecule Junction with Light.

Daaoub Abdalghani A Sangtarash Sara S Sadeghi Hatef H

Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) 20200806 8

Quantum interference (QI) can lead to large variations in single molecule conductance. However, controlling QI using external stimuli is challenging. The molecular structure of phenoxyquinone can be tuned reversibly using light stimulus. In this paper, we show that this can be utilized to control QI in phenoxyquinone derivatives. Our calculations indicate that, as a result of such variation in molecular structure of phenoxyquinone, a crossover from destructive to constructive QI is induced. This ...[more]

PMID: 32781791

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