Advances in single-molecule junctions as tools for chemical and biochemical analysis

EM Dief, PJ Low, I Díez-Pérez, N Darwish - Nature Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
The development of miniaturized electronics has led to the design and construction of
powerful experimental platforms capable of measuring electronic properties to the level of …

Ultrasensitive detection of organophosphorus pesticides using single-molecule conductance measurement

X Dong, Z Tang, H Zhang, Y Hu, Z Yao… - Analytical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Detection of organophosphorus pesticides (OPs) with high sensitivity in environmental
samples is of vital importance for environmental safety and human health. However, it …

Molecular-Scale Electronics: From Individual Molecule Detection to the Application of Recognition Sensing

J Guo, PK Chen, S Chang - Analytical Chemistry, 2024 - ACS Publications
Rapid, specific, and sensitive measurements of target analytes are the goals of many
methods used in molecular chemistry and biology. 1 However, the dynamic and intricate …

Terminal Deuterium Atoms Protect Silicon from Oxidation

T Li, CR Peiris, AC Aragonès, C Hurtado… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In recent years, the hybrid silicon-molecular electronics technology has been gaining
significant attention for applications in sensors, photovoltaics, power generation, and …

Highly Reversible Molecular Photoswitches with Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Electrodes

LC Chen, J Shi, ZX Lu, RJ Lin, TG Lu, YL Zou… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The molecule‐electrode coupling plays an essential role in photoresponsive devices with
photochromic molecules, and the strong coupling between the molecule and the …

Direct Electrochemical Functionalization of Graphene Grown on Cu Including the Reaction Rate Dependence on the Cu Facet Type

M Kim, SH Joo, M Wang, SG Menabde, D Luo, S Jin… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We present an electrochemical method to functionalize single-crystal graphene grown on
copper foils with a (111) surface orientation by chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Graphene …

[HTML][HTML] Metal-polypyridyl complexes mimicking electronic functions

R Kaur, B Singh, V Singh, M Zharnikov… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
The assembly of functional molecules on conductive or dielectric substrates represents a
promising avenue for employing molecule-centric technologies, encompassing sensor …

The Surface Potential of Zero Charge Controls the Kinetics of Diazonium Salts Electropolymerization

T Li, S Ciampi, N Darwish - ChemElectroChem, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
One of the central fundamental properties of solid/liquid interfaces is the potential of zero
charge (pzc), where no excess charge prevails at the electrode surface. Applying potential …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins react with Au and Si, are electrically conductive and denature at 3× 10 8 V m− 1: a surface bonding and a single-protein circuit …

EM Dief, N Darwish - Chemical Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Developing means to characterise SARS-CoV-2 and its new variants is critical for future
outbreaks. SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins have peripheral disulfide bonds (S–S), which are …

[HTML][HTML] An impedimetric sensor based on molecularly imprinted nanoparticles for the determination of trypsin in artificial matrices–towards point-of-care diagnostics

S Di Masi, M Costa, F Canfarotta, A Guerreiro… - Analytical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
A high-performance impedimetric sensing platform was designed to detect proteins by
employing molecularly imprinted polymeric nanoparticles (nanoMIPs) as selective receptors …