• 文献标题:   Tuning charge and correlation effects for a single molecule on a graphene device
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WICKENBURG S, LU J, LISCHNER J, TSAI HZ, OMRANI AA, RISS A, KARRASCH C, BRADLEY A, JUNG HS, KHAJEH R, WONG D, WATANABE K, TANIGUCHI T, ZETTL A, NETO AHC, LOUIE SG, CROMMIE MF
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  • 出版物名称:   NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
  • ISSN:   2041-1723
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Calif Berkeley
  • 被引频次:   35
  • DOI:   10.1038/ncomms13553
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

The ability to understand and control the electronic properties of individual molecules in a device environment is crucial for developing future technologies at the nanometre scale and below. Achieving this, however, requires the creation of three-terminal devices that allow single molecules to be both gated and imaged at the atomic scale. We have accomplished this by integrating a graphene field effect transistor with a scanning tunnelling microscope, thus allowing gate-controlled charging and spectroscopic interrogation of individual tetrafluoro-tetracyanoquinodimethane molecules. We observe a non-rigid shift in the molecule's lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy (relative to the Dirac point) as a function of gate voltage due to graphene polarization effects. Our results show that electron-electron interactions play an important role in how molecular energy levels align to the graphene Dirac point, and may significantly influence charge transport through individual molecules incorporated in graphene-based nanodevices.