Molecular-scale electronics: from concept to function

D Xiang, X Wang, C Jia, T Lee, X Guo - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Creating functional electrical circuits using individual or ensemble molecules, often termed
as “molecular-scale electronics”, not only meets the increasing technical demands of the …

Single-molecule conductance through multiple π− π-stacked benzene rings determined with direct electrode-to-benzene ring connections

ST Schneebeli, M Kamenetska, Z Cheng… - Journal of the …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Understanding electron transport across π− π-stacked systems will help to answer
fundamental questions about biochemical redox processes and benefit the design of new …

Electrical conductance of conjugated oligomers at the single molecule level

R Huber, MT González, S Wu, M Langer… - Journal of the …, 2008 - ACS Publications
We determine and compare, at the single molecule level and under identical environmental
conditions, the electrical conductance of four conjugated phenylene oligomers comprising …

Recent advances of folded tetraphenylethene derivatives featuring through-space conjugation

PC Shen, ZY Zhuang, ZJ Zhao, BZ Tang - Chinese Chemical Letters, 2016 - Elsevier
Through-space conjugated molecules are interesting building blocks for the construction of
functional materials that allow multi-dimensional transport of carrier and energy. However …

Temperature and length dependence of charge transport in redox-active molecular wires incorporating ruthenium (II) bis (σ-arylacetylide) complexes

JM Beebe, C Olivier, S Rigaut, D Touchard… - The Journal of …, 2007 - ACS Publications
We report the electrical transport behavior of a series of redox-active conjugated molecular
wires as a function of temperature and molecular length. The wires consist of covalently …

Electronic transport in single molecule junctions: Control of the molecule-electrode coupling through intramolecular tunneling barriers

A Danilov, S Kubatkin, S Kafanov, P Hedegård… - Nano Letters, 2008 - ACS Publications
We report on single molecule electron transport measurements of two
oligophenylenevinylene (OPV3) derivatives placed in a nanogap between gold (Au) or lead …

Multichannel conductance of folded single‐molecule wires aided by through‐space conjugation

L Chen, YH Wang, B He, H Nie, R Hu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Deciphering charge transport through multichannel pathways in single‐molecule junctions
is of high importance to construct nanoscale electronic devices and deepen insight into …

Single-Molecule Observation of Redox Reactions Enabled by Rigid and Isolated Tripodal Molecules

Y Kobayashi, Y Yokota, RA Wong, M Hong… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Tracking various chemical reactions, including electrochemical and photochemical reactions
at the single-molecule level, is expected to yield a great deal of knowledge from both …

Remarkable multichannel conductance of novel single-molecule wires built on through-space conjugated hexaphenylbenzene

S Zhen, JC Mao, L Chen, S Ding, W Luo, XS Zhou… - Nano Letters, 2018 - ACS Publications
Through-bond conjugated molecules are the major frameworks for traditional molecular
wires, while through-space conjugated units are rarely utilized and studied although they …

Probing charge transport of ruthenium-complex-based molecular wires at the single-molecule level

K Liu, X Wang, F Wang - Acs Nano, 2008 - ACS Publications
A ruthenium (II) bis (σ-arylacetylide)-complex-based molecular wire functionalized with
thiolacetyl alligator clips at both ends (OPERu) was used to fabricate gold substrate …