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 …

Methods for the analysis, interpretation, and prediction of single-molecule junction conductance behaviour

E Gorenskaia, PJ Low - Chemical Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
This article offers a broad overview of measurement methods in the field of molecular
electronics, with a particular focus on the most common single-molecule junction fabrication …

Enhanced electron transport in nonconjugated radical oligomers occurs by tunneling

Y Tan, J Li, S Li, H Yang, T Chi, SB Shiring, K Liu… - Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Incorporating temperature-and air-stable organic radical species into molecular designs is a
potentially advantageous means of controlling the properties of electronic materials …

Controlling piezoresistance in single molecules through the isomerisation of bullvalenes

JR Reimers, T Li, AP Birvé, L Yang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Nanoscale electro-mechanical systems (NEMS) displaying piezoresistance offer unique
measurement opportunities at the sub-cellular level, in detectors and sensors, and in …

Rapid automated iterative small-molecule synthesis

W Wang, NH Angello, DJ Blair, T Tyrikos-Ergas… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Automated iterative small-molecule synthesis has the potential to advance and democratize
the discovery of new medicines, materials and many other classes of functional chemical …

Secondary structure determines electron transport in peptides

R Samajdar, M Meigooni, H Yang, J Li, X Liu… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Proteins play a key role in biological electron transport, but the structure–function
relationships governing the electronic properties of peptides are not fully understood …

Using automated synthesis to understand the role of side chains on molecular charge transport

S Li, ER Jira, NH Angello, J Li, H Yu, JS Moore… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The development of next-generation organic electronic materials critically relies on
understanding structure-function relationships in conjugated polymers. However, unlocking …

Single-molecule photoelectron tunnelling spectroscopy

H Liu, L Chen, H Zhang, Z Yang, J Ye, P Zhou… - Nature Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Experimental mapping of transmission is essential for understanding and controlling charge
transport through molecular devices and materials. Here we developed a single-molecule …

Extreme Anomalous Conductance Enhancement in Neutral Diradical Acene-like Molecular Junctions

B Lawson, E Vidal Jr, S Luna, MM Haley… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
We achieve, at room temperature, conductance enhancements over 2 orders of magnitude
in single molecule circuits formed with polycyclic benzoquinoidal (BQn) diradicals upon …

Resonant transport in a highly conducting single molecular junction via metal–metal covalent bond

B Pabi, Š Marek, A Pal, P Kumari, SJ Ray, A Thakur… - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Achieving highly transmitting molecular junctions through resonant transport at low bias is
key to the next-generation low-power molecular devices. Although resonant transport in …