Conductance Evolution of Photoisomeric Single-molecule junctions under ultraviolet irradiation and mechanical stretching

M Tan, F Sun, X Zhao, Z Zhao, S Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
A comprehensive understanding of carrier transport in photoisomeric molecular junctions is
crucial for the rational design and delicate fabrication of single-molecule functional devices …

Chemistry of the Au–Thiol Interface through the Lens of Single-Molecule Flicker Noise Measurements

U Rashid, W Bro-Jørgensen, KB Harilal… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Chemistry of the Au–S interface at the nanoscale is one of the most complex systems to
study, as the nature and strength of the Au–S bond change under different experimental …

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 …

Opportunities in main group molecular electronics

MO Hight, TA Su - Trends in Chemistry, 2024 - cell.com
Main group molecular electronics is an emerging area that investigates quantum transport
through main group backbones within molecular junctions. It merges two rapidly advancing …

Microscopic theory, analysis, and interpretation of conductance histograms in molecular junctions

L Mejía, P Cossio, I Franco - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Molecular electronics break-junction experiments are widely used to investigate
fundamental physics and chemistry at the nanoscale. Reproducibility in these experiments …

Single‐Molecule Mechanoresistivity by Intermetallic Bonding

A Sil, CE Spano, Y Chelli, SJ Higgins… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The metal‐electrode interface is key to unlocking emergent behaviour in all organic
electrified systems, from battery technology to molecular electronics. In the latter, interfacial …

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Chemical Shift as a Probe for Single‐Molecule Charge Transport

X Qiao, A Sil, S Sangtarash, SM Smith… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Existing modelling tools, developed to aid the design of efficient molecular wires and to
better understand their charge‐transport behaviour and mechanism, have limitations in …

A Systematic Study of Methyl Carbodithioate Esters as Effective Gold Contact Groups for Single‐Molecule Electronics

JS Ward, A Vezzoli, C Wells, S Bailey… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
There are several binding groups used within molecular electronics for anchoring molecules
to metal electrodes (eg, R− SMe, R− NH2, R− CS2−, R− S−). However, some anchoring …

Exploring the Impact of the HOMO–LUMO Gap on Molecular Thermoelectric Properties: A Comparative Study of Conjugated Aromatic, Quinoidal, and Donor–Acceptor …

N Blankevoort, P Bastante, RJ Davidson… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Thermoelectric materials have garnered significant interest for their potential to efficiently
convert waste heat into electrical energy at room temperature without moving parts or …

Phenol is a pH-activated linker to gold: a single molecule conductance study

B Lawson, HE Skipper, M Kamenetska - Nanoscale, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Single molecule conductance measurements typically rely on functional linker groups to
anchor the molecule to the conductive electrodes through a donor–acceptor or covalent …