Single-molecule electronics: from chemical design to functional devices

L Sun, YA Diaz-Fernandez, TA Gschneidtner… - Chemical Society …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The use of single molecules in electronics represents the next limit of miniaturisation of
electronic devices, which would enable us to continue the trend of aggressive downscaling …

Electron transmission through molecules and molecular interfaces

A Nitzan - Annual review of physical chemistry, 2001 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Electron transmission through molecules and molecular interfaces has been a
subject of intensive research due to recent interest in electron-transfer phenomena …

A nanometre-scale electronic switch consisting of a metal cluster and redox-addressable groups

DI Gittins, D Bethell, DJ Schiffrin, RJ Nichols - Nature, 2000 - nature.com
So-called bottom-up fabrication methods aim to assemble and integrate molecular
components exhibiting specific functions into electronic devices that are orders of magnitude …

Molecular electronic junctions

RL McCreery - Chemistry of Materials, 2004 - ACS Publications
A review with 228 references on experimental investigation of conductor/molecule/metal
molecular electronic junctions is presented. Devices based on covalent and Langmuir …

Self-assembly at the liquid/solid interface: STM reveals

S De Feyter, FC De Schryver - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2005 - ACS Publications
The liquid/solid interface provides an ideal environment to investigate self-assembly
phenomena, and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) is the preferred methodology to …

Redox state dependence of single molecule conductivity

W Haiss, H van Zalinge, SJ Higgins… - Journal of the …, 2003 - ACS Publications
Spontaneous formation of stable molecular wires between a gold scanning tunneling
microscopy (STM) tip and substrate is observed when the sample has a low coverage of α, ω …

Electron transport through a metal-molecule-metal junction

C Kergueris, JP Bourgoin, S Palacin, D Estève… - Physical Review B, 1999 - APS
Molecules of bisthiolterthiophene have been adsorbed on the two facing gold electrodes of
a mechanically controllable break junction in order to form metal-molecule (s)-metal …

Single-molecule electron transfer in electrochemical environments

J Zhang, AM Kuznetsov, IG Medvedev, Q Chi… - Chemical …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Interfacial molecular electrochemistry is presently moving toward new levels of structural
and functional resolution, approaching even that of the single molecules. This evolution …

Making electrical contacts to molecular monolayers

XD Cui, X Zarate, J Tomfohr, OF Sankey… - …, 2001 - iopscience.iop.org
Electrical contacts between a metal probe and molecular monolayers have been
characterized using conducting atomic force microscopy in an inert environment and in a …

Scanning tunneling microscopy, orbital-mediated tunneling spectroscopy, and ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy of metal (II) tetraphenylporphyrins deposited from …

L Scudiero, DE Barlow, U Mazur… - Journal of the American …, 2001 - ACS Publications
Thin films of vapor-deposited Ni (II) and Co (II) complexes of tetraphenylporphyrin (NiTPP
and CoTPP) were studied supported on gold and embedded in Al− Al2O3− MTPP− Pb …