Universal Scaling of Nonequilibrium Transport in the Kondo Regime of Single Molecule Devices

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates that nonequilibrium transport in single-molecule transistors within the Kondo regime follows a universal scaling law, confirming the broader applicability of such emergent phenomena across different nanoscale systems.

Contribution

It provides experimental evidence of universal scaling laws in the Kondo regime for single-molecule devices, extending previous findings from semiconductor quantum dots.

Findings

Conductance follows a universal scaling function at low bias and temperature.

Scaling coefficients are consistent with previous experimental and theoretical results.

Universal behavior observed across different types of single-molecule transistors.

Abstract

Scaling laws and universality are often associated with systems exhibiting emergent phenomena possessing a characteristic energy scale. We report nonequilibrium transport measurements on two different types of single-molecule transistor (SMT) devices in the Kondo regime. The conductance at low bias and temperature adheres to a scaling function characterized by two parameters. This result, analogous to that reported recently in semiconductor dots with Kondo temperatures two orders of magnitude lower, demonstrates the universality of this scaling form. We compare the extracted values of the scaling coefficients to previous experimental and theoretical results.