Interaction of hydrogen with metallic nanojunctions

We study the behavior of hydrogen molecules between atomic-sized metallic electrodes using the mechanically controllable break junction technique. We focus on the interaction H2 with monoatomic gold chains demonstrating the possibility of a hydrogen molecule being incorporated in the chain. We also...

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Published in:Journal of physics. Conference series 2007-03, Vol.61 (1), p.214-218
Main Authors: Halbritter, András, Csonka, Szabolcs, Makk, Péter, Mihály, György
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chains
Hydrogen
Molecular structure
Niobium
Physics
Superconductivity
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Summary:We study the behavior of hydrogen molecules between atomic-sized metallic electrodes using the mechanically controllable break junction technique. We focus on the interaction H2 with monoatomic gold chains demonstrating the possibility of a hydrogen molecule being incorporated in the chain. We also show that niobium is strongly reactive with hydrogen, which enables molecular transport studies between superconducting electrodes. This opens the possibility for a full characterization of the transmission properties of molecular junctions with superconducting subgap structure measurements.
ISSN:1742-6596
1742-6588
1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/61/1/043