Fig. 1: Schematic illustration of a mechanical single-molecule potentiometer based on o-PP-2SMe. | Nature Communications

Fig. 1: Schematic illustration of a mechanical single-molecule potentiometer based on o-PP-2SMe.

From: Mechanical single-molecule potentiometers with large switching factors from ortho-pentaphenylene foldamers

Fig. 1

The tensile force originated from the movement of the Au tip can change the contact conformers of o-PP-2SMe then change the conductance of o-PP-2SMe aiming to control the circuit current. The change of conformers also leads to the alteration of the charge transport mechanism. The inset is the circuit diagram containing the potentiometer.

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