Front Cover: Large Enhancement of the Single‐Molecular Conductance of a Molecular Wire through a Radical Substituent (Chem. Eur. J. 27/2022)

Abstract

The molecular conductance of radical-substituted molecular wire was evaluated by STM apparent-height measurement compared with a non-radical-substituted wire. Statistical analysis of the STM images revealed that the radical-substituted wire has a 3.2-fold larger conductance. Although only 17 % of the SOMO is calculated to exist on the wire moiety, the effect was significant. This study presents the potential of radical substituents to achieve high conductivity in molecular wires. More information can be found in the Research Article by K. Matsuda and co-workers (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202104242).