The past and the future of Langmuir and Langmuir–Blodgett films

ON Oliveira Jr, L Caseli, K Ariga - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The Langmuir–Blodgett (LB) technique, through which monolayers are transferred from the
air/water interface onto a solid substrate, was the first method to allow for the controlled …

Molecular electronics: creating and bridging molecular junctions and promoting its commercialization

T Li, VK Bandari, OG Schmidt - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular electronics is driven by the dream of expanding Moore's law to the molecular level
for next‐generation electronics through incorporating individual or ensemble molecules into …

Rise of conjugated poly-ynes and poly (metalla-ynes): from design through synthesis to structure–property relationships and applications

A Haque, RA Al-Balushi, IJ Al-Busaidi, MS Khan… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conjugated poly-ynes and poly (metalla-ynes) constitute an important class of new materials
with potential application in various domains of science. The key factors responsible for the …

Nanofabrication techniques in large-area molecular electronic devices

L Herrer, S Martín, P Cea - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The societal impact of the electronics industry is enormous—not to mention how this industry
impinges on the global economy. The foreseen limits of the current technology—technical …

Sheathed molecular junctions for unambiguous determination of charge‐transport properties

L Herrer, S Naghibi, I Marín, JS Ward… - Advanced Materials …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Future applications of single‐molecular and large‐surface area molecular devices require a
thorough understanding and control of molecular junctions, interfacial phenomena, and …

Electrochemically fabricated molecule–electrode contacts for molecular electronics

EM Dief, N Darwish - Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Connecting molecules to electrodes is key for a range of applications. Conventional
methods typically involve a spontaneous reaction of thiol/disulfide-terminated molecules …

Experimental and Computational Studies of the Single-Molecule Conductance of Ru(II) and Pt(II) trans-Bis(acetylide) Complexes

OA Al-Owaedi, DC Milan, MC Oerthel, S Bock… - …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The single-molecule conductance of metal complexes of the general forms trans-Ru (C
CArC CY) 2 (dppe) 2 and trans-Pt (C CArC CY) 2 (PPh3) 2 (Ar= 1, 4-C6H2-2, 5 …

Fabrication of metallic and non-metallic top electrodes for large-area molecular junctions

E Gorenskaia, KL Turner, S Martín, P Cea, PJ Low - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular junctions have proven invaluable tools through which to explore the electronic
properties of molecules and molecular monolayers. In seeking to develop a viable molecular …

[HTML][HTML] Building large-scale unimolecular scaffolding for electronic devices

E Escorihuela, A Concellón, I Marín, VJ Kumar… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
The fabrication of a future generation of (opto) electronic devices based on molecular
components and materials will require careful chemical design, coupled with assembly …

Multi-dimensional charge transport in supramolecular helical foldamer assemblies

A Méndez-Ardoy, N Markandeya, X Li, YT Tsai… - Chemical …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Aromatic foldamers are bioinspired architectures whose potential use in materials remains
largely unexplored. Here we report our investigation of vertical and horizontal charge …