Advances and challenges in single-molecule electron transport

F Evers, R Korytár, S Tewari, JM Van Ruitenbeek - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2020 - APS
Electronic transport properties of single-molecule junctions have been widely measured by
several techniques, including mechanically controllable break junctions, electromigration …

Large-area, ensemble molecular electronics: motivation and challenges

A Vilan, D Aswal, D Cahen - Chemical Reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
We review charge transport across molecular monolayers, which is central to molecular
electronics (MolEl), using large-area junctions (NmJ). We strive to provide a wide conceptual …

Dynamic molecular switches with hysteretic negative differential conductance emulating synaptic behaviour

Y Wang, Q Zhang, HPAG Astier, C Nickle, S Soni… - Nature materials, 2022 - nature.com
To realize molecular-scale electrical operations beyond the von Neumann bottleneck, new
types of multifunctional switches are needed that mimic self-learning or neuromorphic …

Molecular diodes with rectification ratios exceeding 105 driven by electrostatic interactions

X Chen, M Roemer, L Yuan, W Du, D Thompson… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Molecular diodes operating in the tunnelling regime are intrinsically limited to a maximum
rectification ratio R of∼ 103. To enhance this rectification ratio to values comparable to …

Charge transport through molecular ensembles: Recent progress in molecular electronics

Y Liu, X Qiu, S Soni, RC Chiechi - Chemical Physics Reviews, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
This review focuses on molecular ensemble junctions in which the individual molecules of a
monolayer each span two electrodes. This geometry favors quantum mechanical tunneling …

Transition from direct to inverted charge transport Marcus regions in molecular junctions via molecular orbital gating

L Yuan, L Wang, AR Garrigues, L Jiang… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Solid-state molecular tunnel junctions are often assumed to operate in the Landauer regime,
which describes essentially activationless coherent tunnelling processes. In solution, on the …

Bioengineering a single-protein junction

MP Ruiz, AC Aragonès, N Camarero… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Bioelectronics moves toward designing nanoscale electronic platforms that allow in vivo
determinations. Such devices require interfacing complex biomolecular moieties as the …

Systematic modulation of charge transport in molecular devices through facile control of molecule–electrode coupling using a double self-assembled monolayer …

B Han, Y Li, X Ji, X Song, S Ding, B Li… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
We report a novel solid-state molecular device structure based on double self-assembled
monolayers (D-SAM) incorporated into the suspended nanowire architecture to form a “Au …

Conformation-driven quantum interference effects mediated by through-space conjugation in self-assembled monolayers

M Carlotti, A Kovalchuk, T Wächter, X Qiu… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Tunnelling currents through tunnelling junctions comprising molecules with cross-
conjugation are markedly lower than for their linearly conjugated analogues. This effect has …

Functional redox‐active molecular tunnel junctions

Y Han, CA Nijhuis - Chemistry–An Asian Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Redox‐active molecular junctions have attracted considerable attention because redox‐
active molecules provide accessible energy levels enabling electronic function at the …