Incorporating single molecules into electrical circuits. The role of the chemical anchoring group

E Leary, A La Rosa, MT González… - Chemical Society …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Constructing electronic circuits containing singly wired molecules is at the frontier of
electrical device miniaturisation. When a molecule is wired between a pair of electrodes, the …

The experimental determination of the conductance of single molecules

RJ Nichols, W Haiss, SJ Higgins, E Leary… - Physical Chemistry …, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
The measurement of the electrical properties of molecules, down to the single molecule
level, has become an experimental reality in recent years. A number of methods are now …

Progress with molecular electronic junctions: meeting experimental challenges in design and fabrication

RL McCreery, AJ Bergren - Advanced materials, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular electronics seeks to incorporate molecular components as functional elements in
electronic devices. There are numerous strategies reported to date for the fabrication …

Single molecule conductance of porphyrin wires with ultralow attenuation

G Sedghi, K Sawada, LJ Esdaile… - Journal of the …, 2008 - ACS Publications
A series of thioacetate-terminated butadiyne-linked porphyrin oligomers have been
synthesized with one to three porphyrin repeat units. Single molecule electrical scanning …

Single-molecule electrochemical gating in ionic liquids

NJ Kay, SJ Higgins, JO Jeppesen, E Leary… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The single-molecular conductance of a redox active molecular bridge has been studied in
an electrochemical single-molecule transistor configuration in a room-temperature ionic …

Manipulating Quantum Interference between σ and π Orbitals in Single-Molecule Junctions via Chemical Substitution and Environmental Control

HE Skipper, B Lawson, X Pan, V Degtiareva… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Understanding and manipulating quantum interference (QI) effects in single molecule
junction conductance can enable the design of molecular-scale devices. Here we …

Direct measurement of electron transfer through a hydrogen bond between single molecules

T Nishino, N Hayashi, PT Bui - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Understanding electron transfer (ET) from a single molecule to another single molecule
holds essential importance to realize bottom-up molecular devices in which constituent …

Nanofabrication techniques in large-area molecular electronic devices

L Herrer, S Martín, P Cea - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The societal impact of the electronics industry is enormous—not to mention how this industry
impinges on the global economy. The foreseen limits of the current technology—technical …

Unconventional single-molecule conductance behavior for a new heterocyclic anchoring group: pyrazolyl

IL Herrer, AK Ismael, DC Milán, A Vezzoli… - The journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Electrical conductance across a molecular junction is strongly determined by the anchoring
group of the molecule. Here we highlight the unusual behavior of 1, 4-bis (1H-pyrazol-4 …

Can one define the conductance of amino acids?

LA Zotti, B Bednarz, J Hurtado-Gallego, D Cabosart… - Biomolecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
We studied the electron-transport properties of ten different amino acids and one dimer (di-
methionine) using the mechanically controlled break-junction (MCBJ) technique. For …