Nanoscale molecular rectifiers

R Gupta, JA Fereiro, A Bayat, A Pritam… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
The use of molecules bridged between two electrodes as a stable rectifier is an important
goal in molecular electronics. Until recently, however, and despite extensive experimental …

Spin‐Crossover Molecules on Surfaces: From Isolated Molecules to Ultrathin Films

L Kipgen, M Bernien, F Tuczek, W Kuch - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular spintronics seeks to use single or few molecules as functional building blocks for
spintronic applications, directly relying on molecular properties or properties of interfaces …

Voltage-induced bistability of single spin-crossover molecules in a two-dimensional monolayer

Y Tong, M Kelaï, K Bairagi, V Repain… - The journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Bistable spin-crossover molecules are particularly interesting for the development of
innovative electronic and spintronic devices as they present two spin states that can be …

Anomalous light‐induced spin‐state switching for iron (II) spin‐crossover molecules in direct contact with metal surfaces

L Zhang, Y Tong, M Kelai, A Bellec… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Light‐induced spin‐state switching is one of the most attractive properties of spin‐crossover
materials. In bulk, low‐spin (LS) to high‐spin (HS) conversion via the light‐induced excited …

Importance of epitaxial strain at a spin-crossover molecule–metal interface

C Fourmental, S Mondal, R Banerjee… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Spin-crossover molecules are very appealing for use in multifunctional spintronic devices
because of their ability to switch between high-spin and low-spin states with external stimuli …

Influence of substrate electronic properties on the integrity and functionality of an adsorbed fe (ii) spin-crossover compound

S Rohlf, J Grunwald, T Jasper-Toennies… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The bistability of spin-crossover complexes on surfaces is of great interest for potential
applications. Using X-ray absorption spectroscopy, we investigated the properties of [Fe …

The emergence of the local moment molecular spin transistor

G Hao, R Cheng, PA Dowben - Journal of Physics: Condensed …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Local moment molecular systems have now been used as the conduction channel in gated
spintronics devices, and some of these three terminal devices might even be considered …

Coupling and decoupling of spin crossover and ferroelastic distortion: Unsymmetric hysteresis loop, phase diagram, and sequence of phases

E Collet, G Azzolina - Physical Review Materials, 2021 - APS
Spin-transition materials can exhibit thermal hysteresis due to cooperative elastic
interactions in between active molecular sites. It results from the coupling of the …

Coupled spin cross-over and ferroelasticity: revisiting the prototype [Fe(ptz)6](BF4)2 material

E Collet, G Azzolina, J Jeftić… - Advances in Physics …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Spin-crossover (SCO) materials exhibit thermal conversion from low to high-spin states. We
review different models developed to describe this entropy-driven process and the …

Destructive quantum interference in meta-oligo (phenyleneethynylene) molecular wires with gold–graphene heterojunctions

Y Fan, S Tao, S Pitié, C Liu, C Zhao, M Seydou… - Nanoscale, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Quantum interference (QI) is well recognised as a significant contributing factor to the
magnitude of molecular conductance values in both single-molecule and large area …