Reviews Page 1 Russian Chemical Bulletin, International Edition, Vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 687—717,
April, 2008 687 Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No …

To rival the performance of modern integrated circuits, single-molecule devices must be
designed to exhibit extremely nonlinear current–voltage (I–V) characteristics,,–. A common …

The charge transport mechanism of oligo (p-phenylene ethynylene) s with lengths ranging
from 0.98 to 5.11 nm was investigated using modified scanning tunneling microscopy break …

One of the main goals of molecular electronics is to achieve electronic functions from
devices consisting of tailored organic molecules connecting two metal electrodes. The …

Experiments using a mechanically controlled break junction and calculations based on
density functional theory demonstrate a new magic ratio rule (MRR) that captures the …

The hybrid nanoelectronics, ie, organic molecules deposited on Si exhibiting electronic
functionalities is expected to extend the scaling limits of Si microelectronics down to few …

High electrical conductance molecular nanowires are highly desirable components for future
molecular-scale circuitry, but typically molecular wires act as tunnel barriers and their …

If design principles for controlling quantum interference in single molecules could be
elucidated and verified, then this will lay the foundations for exploiting such effects in …

Understanding and controlling the orbital alignment of molecules placed between
electrodes is essential in the design of practically-applicable molecular and nanoscale …

We provide a brief overview of recent measurements and predictions of thermoelectric
properties of single-molecules and porous nanoribbons and discuss some principles …