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Quantum handshake: How orbital overlap dictates molecular conductance
- March 13, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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By placing single-atom-thick adlayers of p-block metals on commonly employed gold electrodes (d-block), a research team at National Taiwan University has successfully quantified the "interfacial hopping integral" between molecules and electrodes. This new model establishes a universal descriptor to predict conductance trends in single-molecule junctions, resolving long-standing variations in molecular measurements.
Originally published at Phys.org