Creating functional electrical circuits using individual or ensemble molecules, often termed
as “molecular-scale electronics”, not only meets the increasing technical demands of the …

A mechanically controllable break junction (MCBJ) represents a fundamental technique for
the investigation of molecular electronic junctions, especially for the study of the electronic …

By trapping molecules between two gold electrodes with a temperature difference across
them, the junction Seebeck coefficients of 1, 4-benzenedithiol (BDT), 4, 4 …

An ultimate goal of molecular electronics, which seeks to incorporate molecular components
into electronic circuit units, is to generate functional molecular electronic devices using …

Organic semiconductors that are π-conjugated are emerging as an important platform for
'spintronics', which purports to harness the spin degree of freedom of a charge carrier to …

At present, metal–molecular tunnel junctions are recognized as important active elements in
molecular electronics. This gives a strong motivation to explore physical mechanisms …

The manufacture of integrated circuits with single-molecule building blocks is a goal of
molecular electronics. While research in the past has been limited to bulk experiments on …

Molecular electronics stands for the ultimate size of functional elements, keeping up with an
unstoppable trend over the past few decades. As a vital component of molecular electronics …

We identify experimental signatures in the current-voltage (IV) characteristics of weakly
contacted molecules directly arising from excitations in their many electron spectrum. The …

In the absence of phonon contribution, a weakly coupled single orbital noninteracting
quantum dot thermoelectric setup is known to operate reversibly as a Carnot engine. This …