Self-assembly as a key player for materials nanoarchitectonics

K Ariga, M Nishikawa, T Mori, J Takeya… - … and Technology of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The development of science and technology of advanced materials using nanoscale units
can be conducted by a novel concept involving combination of nanotechnology …

Porphyrins as building blocks for single-molecule devices

P Zwick, D Dulić, HSJ Van Der Zant, M Mayor - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Direct measurement of single-molecule electrical transparency by break junction
experiments has become a major field of research over the two last decades. This review …

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 …

Understanding Emergent Complexity from a Single-Molecule Perspective

Y Guo, M Li, C Zhao, Y Zhang, C Jia, X Guo - JACS Au, 2024 - ACS Publications
Molecules, with structural, scaling, and interaction diversities, are crucial for the emergence
of complex behaviors. Interactions are essential prerequisites for complex systems to exhibit …

Assembly, structure and thermoelectric properties of 1, 1′-dialkynylferrocene 'hinges'

LA Wilkinson, TLR Bennett, IM Grace, J Hamill… - Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Dialkynylferrocenes exhibit attractive electronic and rotational features that make them ideal
candidates for use in molecular electronic applications. However previous works have …

Mechanical compression in cofacial porphyrin cyclophane pincers

C Hsu, WM Schosser, P Zwick, D Dulić, M Mayor… - Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Intra-and intermolecular interactions are dominating chemical processes, and their
concerted interplay enables complex nonequilibrium states like life. While the responsible …

Single-molecule conductance variations of up to four orders of magnitude via contacting electrodes with different anchoring sites

Z Zhu, H Qu, Y Chen, C Zhang, R Li, Y Zhao… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Control of conductance through a single molecule via alternating anchoring points provides
a unique perspective to design single-molecule electronic devices. A high conductance …

Tuning Single-Molecule Conductance by Controlled Electric Field-Induced trans-to-cis Isomerisation

CS Quintans, D Andrienko, KF Domke, D Aravena… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
External electric fields (EEFs) have proven to be very efficient in catalysing chemical
reactions, even those inaccessible via wet-chemical synthesis. At the single-molecule level …

Enhancement of singlet oxygen generation based on incorporation of oxoporphyrinogen (OxP) into microporous solids

J Hynek, DT Payne, MK Chahal, F Sciortino… - Materials Today …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Singlet oxygen, 1 O 2, generating compounds are highly useful for photodynamic
therapy or organic oxidative transformations. In this work, the synthesis and photochemical …

Bottom-Up Self-Assembled Supramolecular Structures Built by STM at the Solid/Liquid Interface

Q Ferreira, CL Delfino, J Morgado, L Alcácer - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
One of the lines of research on organic devices is focused on their miniaturization to obtain
denser and faster electronic circuits. The challenge is to build devices adding atom by atom …