Molecule–electrode interfaces in molecular electronic devices

C Jia, X Guo - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Understanding charge transport of single molecules or a small collection of molecules
sandwiched between electrodes is of fundamental importance for molecular electronics …

Incorporating single molecules into electrical circuits. The role of the chemical anchoring group

E Leary, A La Rosa, MT González… - Chemical Society …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Constructing electronic circuits containing singly wired molecules is at the frontier of
electrical device miniaturisation. When a molecule is wired between a pair of electrodes, the …

Highly conducting single-molecule topological insulators based on mono-and di-radical cations

L Li, JZ Low, J Wilhelm, G Liao, S Gunasekaran… - Nature Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Single-molecule topological insulators are promising candidates as conducting wires over
nanometre length scales. A key advantage is their ability to exhibit quasi-metallic transport …

Single-molecule diodes with high rectification ratios through environmental control

B Capozzi, J Xia, O Adak, EJ Dell, ZF Liu… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Molecular electronics aims to miniaturize electronic devices by using subnanometre-scale
active components,,. A single-molecule diode, a circuit element that directs current flow, was …

Electrical Resistance of AgTS–S(CH2)n−1CH3//Ga2O3/EGaIn Tunneling Junctions

L Cademartiri, MM Thuo, CA Nijhuis… - The Journal of …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Tunneling junctions having the structure AgTS–S (CH2) n− 1CH3//Ga2O3/EGaIn allow
physical–organic studies of charge transport across self-assembled monolayers (SAMs). In …

Cumulene wires display increasing conductance with increasing length

Y Zang, T Fu, Q Zou, F Ng, H Li, ML Steigerwald… - Nano Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
One-dimensional sp-hybridized carbon wires, including cumulenes and polyynes, can be
regarded as finite versions of carbynes. They are likely to be good candidates for molecular …

Molecular length dictates the nature of charge carriers in single-molecule junctions of oxidized oligothiophenes

EJ Dell, B Capozzi, J Xia, L Venkataraman… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
To develop advanced materials for electronic devices, it is of utmost importance to design
organic building blocks with tunable functionality and to study their properties at the …

Mechanical single-molecule potentiometers with large switching factors from ortho-pentaphenylene foldamers

J Li, P Shen, S Zhen, C Tang, Y Ye, D Zhou… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Molecular potentiometers that can indicate displacement-conductance relationship, and
predict and control molecular conductance are of significant importance but rarely …

Beyond Marcus theory and the Landauer-Büttiker approach in molecular junctions: A unified framework

JK Sowa, JA Mol, GAD Briggs… - The Journal of chemical …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Charge transport through molecular junctions is often described either as a purely coherent
or a purely classical phenomenon, and described using the Landauer–Büttiker formalism or …

Rectifying electron-transport properties through stacks of aromatic molecules inserted into a self-assembled cage

S Fujii, T Tada, Y Komoto, T Osuga… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Aromatic stacks formed through self-assembly are promising building blocks for the
construction of molecular electronic devices with adjustable electronic functions, in which …