Molecular Electronics: Bonding and Electronic Transport Properties of Fullerene and Fullerene Derivatives in Break‐Junction Geometries (Small 2/2013)

Fullerenes are considered anchoring groups for molecular electronics due to a large contact area and their affinity for noble metals. The conductances of fullereneterminated molecules, however, are found to be even lower than for thiol linkages. The effects of weak molecule–metal couplings and symmetry breaking are investigated by E. Lörtscher and co-workers on page 209. Using transport measurements of C60 and functionalized C60 in break-junction geometries, highy efficient contacts are demonstrated.