Controlling molecular electronics with rigid, ladder-like molecules

https://phys.org/news/2024-08-molecular-electronics-rigid-ladder-molecules.html

"precise conductance control using molecules with rigid backbones (shape-persistent ladder-type molecules)... 1-pot molecular synthesizing... prototype butterfly-like stable/ robust molecular junction conductance, overcoming organic molecules' flexibility/ motion causing 1,000X differences in conductance... ladder-type contain uninterrupted sequence of chemical rings with >=2 shared atoms between rings, which locks molecule into certain conformation... consistent conductance enables commercialization"