Large-area, ensemble molecular electronics: motivation and challenges

A Vilan, D Aswal, D Cahen - Chemical Reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
We review charge transport across molecular monolayers, which is central to molecular
electronics (MolEl), using large-area junctions (NmJ). We strive to provide a wide conceptual …

Charge transport through molecular ensembles: Recent progress in molecular electronics

Y Liu, X Qiu, S Soni, RC Chiechi - Chemical Physics Reviews, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
This review focuses on molecular ensemble junctions in which the individual molecules of a
monolayer each span two electrodes. This geometry favors quantum mechanical tunneling …

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 …

A 17 GHz molecular rectifier

J Trasobares, D Vuillaume, D Theron… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Molecular electronics originally proposed that small molecules sandwiched between
electrodes would accomplish electronic functions and enable ultimate scaling to be reached …

Single dynamic covalent bond tailored responsive molecular junctions

Y Hu, J Li, Y Zhou, J Shi, G Li, H Song… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Responsive molecular devices are one of the core units for molecular electronics, and
dynamic covalent bonds (DCBs) provide the opportunity for the fabrication of responsive …

Mixed monolayers of spiropyrans maximize tunneling conductance switching by photoisomerization at the molecule–electrode interface in EGaIn junctions

S Kumar, JT van Herpt, RYN Gengler… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
This paper describes the photoinduced switching of conductance in tunneling junctions
comprising self-assembled monolayers of a spiropyran moiety using eutectic Ga–In top …

Long-range charge transport in diazonium-based single-molecule junctions

X Yao, X Sun, F Lafolet, JC Lacroix - Nano Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
Thin layers of cobalt and ruthenium polypyridyl-oligomers with thicknesses between 2 and 8
nm were deposited on gold by electrochemical reduction of diazonium salts. A scanning …

Thermopower in transition from tunneling to hopping

S Park, JW Jo, J Jang, T Ohto, H Tada, HJ Yoon - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
The Seebeck effect of a molecular junction in a hopping regime or tunneling-to-hopping
transition remains uncertain. This paper describes the Seebeck effect in molecular epitaxy …

Highly efficient long-range electron transport in a viologen-based molecular junction

QV Nguyen, P Martin, D Frath… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Thin layers of viologen-based oligomers with thicknesses between 3 and 14 nm were
deposited on gold electrodes by electrochemical reduction of a diazonium salt, and then a …

Can tunneling current in molecular junctions be so strongly temperature dependent to challenge a hopping mechanism? Analytical formulas answer this question and …

I Bâldea - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Analytical equations like Richardson–Dushman's or Shockley's provided a general, if
simplified conceptual background, which was widely accepted in conventional electronics …