1. Superconducting molybdenum-rhenium electrodes for single-molecule transport studies
- Author
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Gaudenzi, R. (author), Island, J.O. (author), De Bruijckere, J. (author), Burzuri, E. (author), Klapwijk, T.M. (author), Van der Zant, H.S.J. (author), Gaudenzi, R. (author), Island, J.O. (author), De Bruijckere, J. (author), Burzuri, E. (author), Klapwijk, T.M. (author), and Van der Zant, H.S.J. (author)
- Abstract
We demonstrate that electronic transport through single molecules or molecular ensembles, commonly based on gold (Au) electrodes, can be extended to superconducting electrodes by combining gold with molybdenum-rhenium (MoRe). This combination induces proximity-effect superconductivity in the gold to temperatures of at least 4.6K and magnetic fields of 6 T, improving on previously reported aluminum based superconducting nanojunctions. As a proof of concept, we show three-terminal superconductive transport measurements through an individual Fe4 singlemolecule magnet., QN/Quantum Nanoscience, Applied Sciences
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- 2015