Chemical principles of single-molecule electronics

TA Su, M Neupane, ML Steigerwald… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
The field of single-molecule electronics harnesses expertise from engineering, physics and
chemistry to realize circuit elements at the limit of miniaturization; it is a subfield of …

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 …

Single-molecule charge transport through positively charged electrostatic anchors

H Chen, V Brasiliense, J Mo, L Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The charge transport in single-molecule junctions depends critically on the chemical identity
of the anchor groups that are used to connect the molecular wires to the electrodes. In this …

Light-directed tuning of plasmon resonances via plasmon-induced polymerization using hot electrons

T Ding, J Mertens, A Lombardi, OA Scherman… - Acs …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The precise morphology of nanoscale gaps between noble-metal nanostructures controls
their resonant wavelengths. Here we show photocatalytic plasmon-induced polymerization …

Gold–carbon contacts from oxidative addition of aryl iodides

RL Starr, T Fu, EA Doud, I Stone, X Roy… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Aryl halides are ubiquitous functional groups in organic chemistry, yet despite their obvious
appeal as surface-binding linkers and as precursors for controlled graphene nanoribbon …

Quantitative studies of single-molecule chemistry using conductance measurement

BF Zeng, YL Zou, G Wang, W Hong, ZQ Tian, Y Yang - Nano Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent advances in single-molecule electronics hold promise to go beyond the initial idea of
constructing molecular devices and offer new opportunities to investigate single-molecule …

Structure–property relationships in atomic-scale junctions: Histograms and beyond

MS Hybertsen, L Venkataraman - Accounts of chemical research, 2016 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Over the past 10 years, there has been tremendous progress in the
measurement, modeling and understanding of structure–function relationships in single …

Facile displacement of citrate residues from gold nanoparticle surfaces

GS Perera, SA Athukorale, F Perez… - Journal of colloid and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The stability of citrate-residues on gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) against ligand displacement
has been controversial. Using AuNPs synthesized with deuterated citrate in combination …

Charge transport and quantum interference effects in oxazole-terminated conjugated oligomers

S Li, H Yu, K Schwieter, K Chen, B Li… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Charge transport in single molecule junctions critically depends on the chemical identity of
anchor groups used to connect molecular wires to electrodes. In this work, we report the …

N-Heterocyclic carbene-stabilized gold nanoparticles with tunable sizes

N Bridonneau, L Hippolyte, D Mercier… - Dalton …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
A simple and straightforward synthesis of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-protected gold
nanoparticles is derived from (benz) imidazolium-AuX4 complexes and NaBH4 only. The …