Haixing Li et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137(15), 5028-5033 (2015-02-13)
Here we study the stability and rupture of molecular junctions under high voltage bias at the single molecule/single bond level using the scanning tunneling microscope-based break-junction technique. We synthesize carbon-, silicon-, and germanium-based molecular wires terminated by aurophilic linker groups