[HTML][HTML] Artificial molecular machines

S Erbas-Cakmak, DA Leigh, CT McTernan… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The widespread use of molecular machines in biology has long suggested that great
rewards could come from bridging the gap between synthetic molecular systems and the …

Surface chemistry of porphyrins and phthalocyanines

JM Gottfried - Surface Science Reports, 2015 - Elsevier
This review covers the surface chemistry of porphyrins, phthalocyanines, their metal
complexes, and related compounds, with particular focus on chemical reactions at …

Porphyrins at interfaces

W Auwärter, D Écija, F Klappenberger, JV Barth - Nature chemistry, 2015 - nature.com
Porphyrins and other tetrapyrrole macrocycles possess an impressive variety of functional
properties that have been exploited in natural and artificial systems. Different metal centres …

[HTML][HTML] Towards single molecule switches

JL Zhang, JQ Zhong, JD Lin, WP Hu, K Wu… - Chemical Society …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The concept of using single molecules as key building blocks for logic gates, diodes and
transistors to perform basic functions of digital electronic devices at the molecular scale has …

Synthetic molecular motors and mechanical machines

ER Kay, DA Leigh, F Zerbetto - … Chemie International Edition, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The widespread use of controlled molecular‐level motion in key natural processes suggests
that great rewards could come from bridging the gap between the present generation of …

Dependence of single-molecule junction conductance on molecular conformation

L Venkataraman, JE Klare, C Nuckolls, MS Hybertsen… - Nature, 2006 - nature.com
Since it was first suggested that a single molecule might function as an active electronic
component, a number of techniques have been developed to measure the charge transport …

Surface vacancy-induced switchable electric polarization and enhanced ferromagnetism in monolayer metal trihalides

Y Zhao, L Lin, Q Zhou, Y Li, S Yuan, Q Chen… - Nano Letters, 2018 - ACS Publications
Monolayer chromium triiodide (CrI3), as the thinnest ferromagnetic material demonstrated in
experiment [Huang et al. Nature 2017, 546, 270], opens up new opportunities for the …

Artificial molecular rotors

GS Kottas, LI Clarke, D Horinek, J Michl - Chemical Reviews, 2005 - ACS Publications
To many, periodic mechanical conformational motion of molecules is mesmerizing to a
degree that is difficult to explain rationally: It is almost as hard to stop watching an image of …

Mechanically controlled binary conductance switching of a single-molecule junction

SY Quek, M Kamenetska, ML Steigerwald… - Nature …, 2009 - nature.com
Molecular-scale components are expected to be central to the realization of nanoscale
electronic devices,,. Although molecular-scale switching has been reported in atomic …

Single molecule electronic devices

H Song, MA Reed, T Lee - Advanced Materials, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Single molecule electronic devices in which individual molecules are utilized as active
electronic components constitute a promising approach for the ultimate miniaturization and …