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 …

Basic concepts of quantum interference and electron transport in single-molecule electronics

CJ Lambert - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
This tutorial outlines the basic theoretical concepts and tools which underpin the
fundamentals of phase-coherent electron transport through single molecules. The key …

Covalently bonded single-molecule junctions with stable and reversible photoswitched conductivity

C Jia, A Migliore, N Xin, S Huang, J Wang, Q Yang… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Through molecular engineering, single diarylethenes were covalently sandwiched between
graphene electrodes to form stable molecular conduction junctions. Our experimental and …

GOLLUM: a next-generation simulation tool for electron, thermal and spin transport

J Ferrer, CJ Lambert, VM García-Suárez… - New Journal of …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
We have developed an efficient simulation tool'GOLLUM'for the computation of electrical,
spin and thermal transport characteristics of complex nanostructures. The new multi-scale …

Single molecular conductance of tolanes: experimental and theoretical study on the junction evolution dependent on the anchoring group

W Hong, DZ Manrique, P Moreno-García… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Employing a scanning tunneling microscopy based beak junction technique and
mechanically controlled break junction experiments, we investigated tolane …

Perspective: Theory of quantum transport in molecular junctions

M Thoss, F Evers - The Journal of chemical physics, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Molecular junctions, where single molecules are bound to metal or semiconductor
electrodes, represent a unique architecture to investigate molecules in a distinct …

Single-molecule conductance of functionalized oligoynes: length dependence and junction evolution

P Moreno-García, M Gulcur, DZ Manrique… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
We report a combined experimental and theoretical investigation of the length dependence
and anchor group dependence of the electrical conductance of a series of oligoyne …

Large tunable image-charge effects in single-molecule junctions

ML Perrin, CJO Verzijl, CA Martin, AJ Shaikh… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Metal/organic interfaces critically determine the characteristics of molecular electronic
devices, because they influence the arrangement of the orbital levels that participate in …

Correlations between molecular structure and single-junction conductance: a case study with oligo (phenylene-ethynylene)-type wires

V Kaliginedi, P Moreno-García… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The charge transport characteristics of 11 tailor-made dithiol-terminated oligo (phenylene-
ethynylene)(OPE)-type molecules attached to two gold electrodes were studied at a …

The relation between structure and quantum interference in single molecule junctions

T Markussen, R Stadler, KS Thygesen - Nano letters, 2010 - ACS Publications
Quantum interference (QI) of electron pathways has recently attracted increased interest as
an enabling tool for single-molecule electronic devices. Although various molecular systems …