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Electronic decay constant of carotenoid polyenes from single-molecule measurements
He, Jin,Chen, Fan,Li, Jun,Sankey, Otto F.,Terazono, Yuichi,Herrero, Christian,Gust, Devens,Moore, Thomas A.,Moore, Ana L.,Lindsay, Stuart M.
, p. 1384 - 1385 (2007/10/03)
The conductance of carotenoid polyenes chemically bound at each end to gold contacts has been measured for single molecules containing 5, 7, 9, and 11 carbon-carbon double bonds in conjugation. The electronic decay constant, β, is determined to be 0.22 ±
