This article reviews the application of near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS)
spectroscopy to characterization of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) which are an …

Conspectus A key issue of molecular electronics (ME) is the correlation between the
molecular structure and the charge transport properties of the molecular framework …

Selenolate is considered as an alternative to thiolate to serve as a headgroup mediating the
formation of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on coinage metal substrates. There are …

The efficient synthesis of tripodal platforms based on tetraphenylmethane with three acetyl‐
protected thiol groups in either meta or para positions relative to the central sp3 carbon for …

Molecules with tripodal anchoring groups are generally capable of forming self-assembled
monolayers (SAMs), which, however, frequently suffer from inhomogeneous bonding …

Femtosecond charge transfer (CT) dynamics in a series of self-assembled monolayers with
an oligo (phenylenethynylene) and oligo (phenyl) backbone is addressed by resonant …

Aryl-substituted alkanethiolate (AT) self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) exhibit typically so-
called odd–even effects, viz. systematic variations in the film structure, packing density, and …

To understand the influence of the molecular dipole moment on the electron transfer (ET)
dynamics across the molecular framework, two series of differently fluorinated, benzonitrile …

Charge transfer (CT) and charge transport (CTr) are at the core of life-sustaining biological
processes and of processes that govern the performance of electronic and energy …

This article reviews recent progress in the application of core hole clock approach in the
framework of resonant Auger electron spectroscopy to the monomolecular assembles of …