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

Using a representative model system, here electronic and structural properties of aromatic
self‐assembled monolayers (SAMs) are described that contain an embedded, dipolar group …

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 …

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 …

One principal parameter determining charge transfer rates between molecules and metals is
the electronic coupling strength between the discrete electronic states of the molecule and …

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

The efficient synthesis of a new tripodal platform based on a rigid 9, 9′-spirobifluorene with
three acetyl protected thiol groups in the positions 2, 3′ and 6′ for deposition on Au (111) …

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 …

Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) were
used to examine the surface structure and adsorption conditions of hexanethiol (HT) and …

Top gate (TG) thin film transistors (TFTs) featuring amorphous metal oxide semiconductors
(a-MOS), such as indium-gallium-zinc-oxide (IGZO), bear a great potential for large-area …