Advances and challenges in single-molecule electron transport

F Evers, R Korytár, S Tewari, JM Van Ruitenbeek - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2020 - APS
Electronic transport properties of single-molecule junctions have been widely measured by
several techniques, including mechanically controllable break junctions, electromigration …

Electrochemistry of redox-active self-assembled monolayers

AL Eckermann, DJ Feld, JA Shaw, TJ Meade - Coordination chemistry …, 2010 - Elsevier
Redox-active self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) provide an excellent platform for
investigating electron transfer kinetics. Using a well-defined bridge, a redox center can be …

Length-dependent electron spin polarization in oligopeptides and DNA

S Mishra, AK Mondal, S Pal, TK Das… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The effect of spin polarization in conduction and in electric field-induced polarization was
measured for double-stranded DNA oligonucleotides and oligopeptides of different lengths …

Charge transport in single Au| alkanedithiol| Au junctions: coordination geometries and conformational degrees of freedom

C Li, I Pobelov, T Wandlowski, A Bagrets… - Journal of the …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Recent STM molecular break-junction experiments have revealed multiple series of peaks in
the conductance histograms of alkanedithiols. To resolve a current controversy, we present …

Tailor‐made functional peptide self‐assembling nanostructures

M Amit, S Yuran, E Gazit, M Reches… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Noncovalent interactions are the main driving force in the folding of proteins into a 3D
functional structure. Motivated by the wish to reveal the mechanisms of the associated self …

Electron transfer in peptides

A Shah, B Adhikari, S Martic, A Munir… - Chemical Society …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review, we discuss the factors that influence electron transfer in peptides. We
summarize experimental results from solution and surface studies and highlight the ongoing …

Bioengineering a single-protein junction

MP Ruiz, AC Aragonès, N Camarero… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Bioelectronics moves toward designing nanoscale electronic platforms that allow in vivo
determinations. Such devices require interfacing complex biomolecular moieties as the …

Single molecule junctions formed via Au− thiol contact: stability and breakdown mechanism

Huang, F Chen, PA Bennett, Tao - Journal of the American …, 2007 - ACS Publications
The stability and breakdown mechanism of a single molecule covalently bound to two Au
electrodes via Au− S bonds were studied at room temperature. The distance over which a …

A chirality-based quantum leap

CD Aiello, JM Abendroth, M Abbas, A Afanasev… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
There is increasing interest in the study of chiral degrees of freedom occurring in matter and
in electromagnetic fields. Opportunities in quantum sciences will likely exploit two main …

[HTML][HTML] Structure dependent spin selectivity in electron transport through oligopeptides

V Kiran, SR Cohen, R Naaman - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
The chiral-induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect entails spin-selective electron transmission
through chiral molecules. In the present study, the spin filtering ability of chiral, helical …