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  bibo_abstract:
  - According to Kirchhoff's circuit laws, the net conductance of two parallel components
    in an electronic circuit is the sum of the individual conductances. However, when
    the circuit dimensions are comparable to the electronic phase coherence length,
    quantum interference effects play a critical role1, as exemplified by the Aharonov–Bohm
    effect in metal rings2,3. At the molecular scale, interference effects dramatically
    reduce the electron transfer rate through a meta-connected benzene ring when compared
    with a para-connected benzene ring4,5. For longer conjugated and cross-conjugated
    molecules, destructive interference effects have been observed in the tunnelling
    conductance through molecular junctions6,7,8,9,10. Here, we investigate the conductance
    superposition law for parallel components in single-molecule circuits, particularly
    the role of interference. We synthesize a series of molecular systems that contain
    either one backbone or two backbones in parallel, bonded together cofacially by
    a common linker on each end. Single-molecule conductance measurements and transport
    calculations based on density functional theory show that the conductance of a
    double-backbone molecular junction can be more than twice that of a single-backbone
    junction, providing clear evidence for constructive interference.@eng
  bibo_authorlist:
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: H.
      foaf_name: Vazquez, H.
      foaf_surname: Vazquez
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: R.
      foaf_name: Skouta, R.
      foaf_surname: Skouta
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: S.
      foaf_name: Schneebeli, S.
      foaf_surname: Schneebeli
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: M.
      foaf_name: Kamenetska, M.
      foaf_surname: Kamenetska
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: R.
      foaf_name: Breslow, R.
      foaf_surname: Breslow
  - 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: M.S.
      foaf_name: Hybertsen, M.S.
      foaf_surname: Hybertsen
  bibo_doi: 10.1038/nnano.2012.147
  bibo_issue: '10'
  bibo_volume: 7
  dct_date: 2012^xs_gYear
  dct_isPartOf:
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/1748-3387
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/1748-3395
  dct_language: eng
  dct_publisher: Springer Nature@
  dct_title: Probing the conductance superposition law in single-molecule circuits
    with parallel paths@
  fabio_hasPubmedId: '22941403'
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