Creating functional electrical circuits using individual or ensemble molecules, often termed
as “molecular-scale electronics”, not only meets the increasing technical demands of the …

The use of single molecules in electronics represents the next limit of miniaturisation of
electronic devices, which would enable us to continue the trend of aggressive downscaling …

The concept of using single molecules as key building blocks for logic gates, diodes and
transistors to perform basic functions of digital electronic devices at the molecular scale has …

Molecular assembly is crucial in functional molecular materials and devices. Among the
molecular interactions that can form assemblies, stacking among π-conjugated molecular …

Research in molecular electronics often involves the demonstration of devices that are
analogous to conventional semiconductor devices, such as transistors and diodes, but it is …

The manufacture of integrated circuits with single-molecule building blocks is a goal of
molecular electronics. While research in the past has been limited to bulk experiments on …

Developments in advanced manufacturing have promoted the miniaturization of
semiconductor electronic devices to a near-atomic scale, which continuously follows the'top …

Stimuli-responsive molecular junctions, where the conductance can be altered by an
external perturbation, are an important class of nanoelectronic devices. These have recently …

We applied a combination of mechanically controllable break junction (MCBJ) and in situ
surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) methods to investigate the long-standing …

Single-molecule junctions–devices fabricated by electrically connecting a single molecule to
two electrodes–can respond to a variety of stimuli, that include electrostatic/electrochemical …