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dc.contributor.authorXu, Tianlv
dc.contributor.authorWang, Lingling
dc.contributor.authorPing, Yang
dc.contributor.authorvan Mourik, Tanja
dc.contributor.authorFrüchtl, Herbert
dc.contributor.authorKirk, Steven R.
dc.contributor.authorJenkins, Samantha
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-05T23:41:30Z
dc.date.available2019-08-05T23:41:30Z
dc.date.issued2018-08-06
dc.identifier253159912
dc.identifierf297ca5f-aba5-4985-b9fb-03678977f5ef
dc.identifier85052232058
dc.identifier000444678400019
dc.identifier.citationXu , T , Wang , L , Ping , Y , van Mourik , T , Früchtl , H , Kirk , S R & Jenkins , S 2018 , ' Quinone-based switches for candidate building blocks of molecular junctions with QTAIM and the stress tensor ' , International Journal of Quantum Chemistry , vol. Early View , e25676 . https://doi.org/10.1002/qua.25676en
dc.identifier.issn0020-7608
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-7683-3293/work/57088473
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-6647-4266/work/60887491
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/18251
dc.descriptionThe National Natural Science Foundation of China is acknowledged, project approval number: 21673071. The One Hundred Talents Foundation of Hunan Province and the aid program for the Science and Technology Innovative Research Team in Higher Educational Institutions of Hunan Province are gratefully acknowledged for the support of S.J. and S.R.K. The Royal Society is thanked by S.J., S.R.K, T.X, T.v.M and H.F. for support through an International Exchanges grant.en
dc.description.abstractThe current work investigates candidate building blocks based on molecular junctions from hydrogen transfer tautomerization in the benzoquinone-like core of an azophenine molecule with QTAIM and the recently introduced stress tensor trajectory analysis. We find that in particular the stress tensor trajectories are well suited to describe the mechanism of the switching process. The effects of an Fe-dopant atom coordinated to the quinone ring, as well as F and Cl substitution of different ring-hydrogens, are investigated and the new QTAIM and stress tensor analysis is used to draw conclusions on the effectiveness of such molecules as molecular switches in nano-sized electronic circuits. We find that the coordinated Fe-dopant greatly improves the switching properties, both in terms of the tautomerisation barrier that has to be crossed in the switching process and the expected conductance behavior, while the effects of hydrogen substitution are more subtle. The absence of the Fe-dopant atom led to impaired functioning of the switch ‘OFF’ mechanism as well coinciding with the formation of closed-shell H–––H bond critical points that indicated a strained or electron deficient environment.  Our analysis demonstrates promise for future use in design of molecular electronic devices.
dc.format.extent4476201
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Quantum Chemistryen
dc.subjectQTAIMen
dc.subjectQuinone-based switchesen
dc.subjectStress tensoren
dc.subjectStress tensor trajectoryen
dc.subjectQD Chemistryen
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subject.lccQDen
dc.titleQuinone-based switches for candidate building blocks of molecular junctions with QTAIM and the stress tensoren
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.sponsorThe Royal Societyen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Chemistryen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. EaSTCHEMen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/qua.25676
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.date.embargoedUntil2019-08-06
dc.identifier.urlhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/qua.25676en
dc.identifier.grantnumberIE160942en


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