Probing Lateral Charge Transport in Single Molecule Layers: How Charge is Transported Over Long Distances in Fullerene Self‐Assembled Monolayers

The lateral conductance of a single monolayer of fullerene on an insulating substrate is investigated using conduction atomic force microscopy. The quadratic dependence of the of I(V) observed contrasts the exponential fall-off of the current as a function of distance. A similar behavior is observed for an anthracene monolayer, which is found to be ca. 104 times less conducting than the fullerene monolayer under similar conditions. As a service to our authors and readers, this journal provides supporting information supplied by the authors. Such materials are peer reviewed and may be re-organized for online delivery, but are not copy-edited or typeset. Technical support issues arising from supporting information (other than missing files) should be addressed to the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.