Concepts in the design and engineering of single-molecule electronic devices

N Xin, J Guan, C Zhou, X Chen, C Gu, Y Li… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Over the past two decades, various techniques for fabricating nano-gapped electrodes have
emerged, promoting rapid development in the field of single-molecule electronics, on both …

The Rise of 1, 4‐BN‐Heteroarenes: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications

C Chen, CZ Du, XY Wang - Advanced Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
BN‐heteroarenes, which employ both boron and nitrogen in aromatic hydrocarbons, have
gained great attention in the fields of organic chemistry and materials science. Nevertheless …

Recent progress in the development of molecular-scale electronics based on photoswitchable molecules

X Huang, T Li - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular electronic devices with tunable conductance states show great potential in
building memories and logic components for next-generation circuits. In recent years …

Gate controlling of quantum interference and direct observation of anti-resonances in single molecule charge transport

Y Li, M Buerkle, G Li, A Rostamian, H Wang, Z Wang… - Nature materials, 2019 - nature.com
Quantum interference can profoundly affect charge transport in single molecules, but
experiments can usually measure only the conductance at the Fermi energy. Because, in …

Highly efficient charge transport across carbon nanobelts

J Lin, S Wang, F Zhang, B Yang, P Du, C Chen… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Carbon nanobelts (CNBs) are a new form of nanocarbon that has promising applications in
optoelectronics due to their unique belt-shaped π-conjugated systems. Recent synthetic …

Efficient intermolecular charge transport in π-stacked pyridinium dimers using cucurbit [8] uril supramolecular complexes

H Yu, J Li, S Li, Y Liu, NE Jackson… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Intermolecular charge transport through π-conjugated molecules plays an essential role in
biochemical redox processes and energy storage applications. In this work, we observe …

A large pyrene-fused N-heteroacene: fifteen aromatic six-membered rings annulated in one row

Z Wang, P Gu, G Liu, H Yao, Y Wu, Y Li… - Chemical …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Here, we present our recent progress on the synthesis, crystal structure, physical properties
and DFT calculations of a novel large pyrene-fused N-heteroacene (15RINGS) with 15 …

Not So Innocent After All: Interfacial Chemistry Determines Charge‐Transport Efficiency in Single‐Molecule Junctions

A Daaoub, JMF Morris, VA Béland… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Most studies in molecular electronics focus on altering the molecular wire backbone to tune
the electrical properties of the whole junction. However, it is often overlooked that the …

Exploration of syntheses and functions of higher ladder-type π-conjugated heteroacenes

Z Cai, MA Awais, N Zhang, L Yu - Chem, 2018 - cell.com
Ladder-type heteroacenes with well-defined structures and highly planar and delocalized π-
electrons are an important class of materials for potential applications in organic electronics …

A Chemically Soldered Polyoxometalate Single‐Molecule Transistor

C Wu, X Qiao, CM Robertson, SJ Higgins… - Angewandte …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Polyoxometalates have been proposed in the literature as nanoelectronic components,
where they could offer key advantages with their structural versatility and rich …