Molecular electronics: creating and bridging molecular junctions and promoting its commercialization

T Li, VK Bandari, OG Schmidt - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular electronics is driven by the dream of expanding Moore's law to the molecular level
for next‐generation electronics through incorporating individual or ensemble molecules into …

A review of oligo (arylene ethynylene) derivatives in molecular junctions

LJ O'Driscoll, MR Bryce - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Oligo (arylene ethynylene)(OAE) derivatives are the “workhorse” molecules of molecular
electronics. Their ease of synthesis and flexibility of functionalisation mean that a diverse …

An Orthogonal Conductance Pathway in Spiropyrans for Well‐Defined Electrosteric Switching Single‐Molecule Junctions

D Jago, C Liu, AHS Daaoub, E Gaschk, MC Walkey… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
While a multitude of studies have appeared touting the use of molecules as electronic
components, the design of molecular switches is crucial for the next steps in molecular …

CP-AFM Molecular Tunnel Junctions with Alkyl Backbones Anchored Using Alkynyl and Thiol Groups: Microscopically Different Despite Phenomenological Similarity

Y Chen, I Bâldea, Y Yu, Z Liang, MD Li, E Koren, Z Xie - Langmuir, 2024 - ACS Publications
In this paper, we report results on the electronic structure and transport properties of
molecular junctions fabricated via conducting probe atomic force microscopy (CP-AFM) …

Destructive quantum interference in meta-oligo (phenyleneethynylene) molecular wires with gold–graphene heterojunctions

Y Fan, S Tao, S Pitié, C Liu, C Zhao, M Seydou… - Nanoscale, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Quantum interference (QI) is well recognised as a significant contributing factor to the
magnitude of molecular conductance values in both single-molecule and large area …

Molecular-Scale Electronics: From Individual Molecule Detection to the Application of Recognition Sensing

J Guo, PK Chen, S Chang - Analytical Chemistry, 2024 - ACS Publications
Rapid, specific, and sensitive measurements of target analytes are the goals of many
methods used in molecular chemistry and biology. 1 However, the dynamic and intricate …

Conductance Quantization in 2D Semi‐Metallic Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

Z Lu, S Hou, R Lin, J Shi, Q Wu, L Lin, J Shi, Y Yang… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Conductance quantization of 2D materials is significant for understanding the charge
transport at the atomic scale, which provides a platform to manipulate the quantum states …

Planar aromatic anchors control the electrical conductance of gold| molecule| graphene junctions

LJ O'Driscoll, M Jay, BJ Robinson, H Sadeghi… - Nanoscale …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The synthesis of a family of alkanethiol molecules with planar aromatic head groups,
designed to anchor molecules effectively to graphene electrodes, is reported …

Uncapped gold nanoparticles for the metallization of organic monolayers

A Martín‐Barreiro, R Soto, S Chiodini… - Advanced Materials …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Deposition of the top‐contact electrode to create large‐area electrode| monolayer| electrode
junctions represents a contemporary challenge to the integration of molecular electronic …

Asymmetric Effect on the Length Dependence of Oligo (Phenylene ethynylene)-Based Molecular Junctions

Y Fan, S Pitie, C Liu, C Zhao, C Zhao… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
It is well known that the electrical conductance of molecular junctions in the tunneling regime
varies exponentially with the length of the molecular backbone. This behavior is strongly …