Fig. 3: Dynamic molecular junction.
From: Molecular electronic devices based on atomic manufacturing methods
a Schematic of a molecular junction formed via STM-BJ technique. b One-dimensional conductance histograms of L2-PF6 under different bias voltages applied between a gold tip and substrate. a, b reproduced from ref.328, copyright 2024, with permission from Springer Nature. c Structural diagram of a single-molecule junction measured using AFM-BJ. d Two-dimensional force-displacement histogram derived from single-molecule junction rupture point measurements. c, d reproduced from ref.329, copyright 2023, with permission from Wiley. e Upper panel: Supramolecular diode constructed from Py/NDI (pyrene/naphthalene diimide); lower panel: MCBJ fabrication process. f Representative current-voltage (I–V) curves corresponding to distinct conductance states. e, f reproduced from ref.330, copyright 2025, with permission from American Chemical Society. g Schematic of the MEMS-BJ platform. h Conductance histogram for 8,653 unselected tapping curves of gold-gold contacts, with six representative junction formation curves illustrated in the inset. g, h reproduced from ref.185, copyright 2020, with permission from Wiley
