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  bibo_abstract:
  - We have designed and synthesized five azulene derivatives containing gold-binding
    groups at different points of connectivity within the azulene core to probe the
    effects of quantum interference through single-molecule conductance measurements.
    We compare conducting paths through the 5-membered ring, 7-membered ring, and
    across the long axis of azulene. We find that changing the points of connectivity
    in the azulene impacts the optical properties (as determined from UV–vis absorption
    spectra) and the conductivity. Importantly, we show here that simple models cannot
    be used to predict quantum interference characteristics of nonalternant hydrocarbons.
    As an exemplary case, we show that azulene derivatives that are predicted to exhibit
    destructive interference based on widely accepted atom-counting models show a
    significant conductance at low biases. Although simple models to predict the low-bias
    conductance do not hold with all azulene derivatives, we demonstrate that the
    measured conductance trend for all molecules studied actually agrees with predictions
    based on the more complete GW calculations for model systems.@eng
  bibo_authorlist:
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Jianlong
      foaf_name: Xia, Jianlong
      foaf_surname: Xia
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Brian
      foaf_name: Capozzi, Brian
      foaf_surname: Capozzi
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Sujun
      foaf_name: Wei, Sujun
      foaf_surname: Wei
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Mikkel
      foaf_name: Strange, Mikkel
      foaf_surname: Strange
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Arunabh
      foaf_name: Batra, Arunabh
      foaf_surname: Batra
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Jose R.
      foaf_name: Moreno, Jose R.
      foaf_surname: Moreno
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Roey J.
      foaf_name: Amir, Roey J.
      foaf_surname: Amir
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Elizabeth
      foaf_name: Amir, Elizabeth
      foaf_surname: Amir
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Gemma C.
      foaf_name: Solomon, Gemma C.
      foaf_surname: Solomon
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Latha
      foaf_name: Venkataraman, Latha
      foaf_surname: Venkataraman
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=9ebb78a5-cc0d-11ee-8322-fae086a32caf
    orcid: 0000-0002-6957-6089
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Luis M.
      foaf_name: Campos, Luis M.
      foaf_surname: Campos
  bibo_doi: 10.1021/nl5010702
  bibo_issue: '5'
  bibo_volume: 14
  dct_date: 2014^xs_gYear
  dct_isPartOf:
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/1530-6984
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/1530-6992
  dct_language: eng
  dct_publisher: American Chemical Society@
  dct_title: Breakdown of interference rules in azulene, a nonalternant hydrocarbon@
  fabio_hasPubmedId: '24745894'
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