Ornago, L. (author), Zwick, Patrick (author), van der Poel, S. (author), Brandl, Thomas (author), El Abbassi, M. (author), Perrin, Mickael L. (author), Dulić, Diana (author), van der Zant, H.S.J. (author), Mayor, Marcel (author) The addition of a lateral alkyl chain is a well-known strategy to reduce π-stacked ensembles of molecules in solution, with the intention to minimize the interactions between the molecules’ backbones. In this paper, we study whether this concept generalizes to single-molecule junctions by using a combination of mechanically controllable break...
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