Uncovering a law of corresponding states for electron tunneling in molecular junctions

What is it about?

We report a law of corresponding states for charge transport via tunneling in molecular junctions, which we validate against I–V data for CP-AFM junctions based on benchmark molecular series and electrodes as well as for STM junctions.

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Why is it important?

We believe that the present LCS is an important result for molecular electronics because it shows how straightforwardly results on charge transport can be compared across different platforms and how systems so extremely different at the molecular scale can obey a unique, parameter free, and simple equation.