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 …

Structure–thermopower relationships in molecular thermoelectrics

S Park, H Kang, HJ Yoon - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Studies of molecular thermoelectrics help to reveal how atomic-detailed structural
modification in molecules can affect the thermopower of molecular-scale devices. This …

18.4% organic solar cells using a high ionization energy self‐assembled monolayer as hole‐extraction interlayer

Y Lin, A Magomedov, Y Firdaus, D Kaltsas… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐assembled monolayers (SAMs) based on Br‐2PACz ([2‐(3, 6‐dibromo‐9H‐carbazol‐9‐
yl) ethyl] phosphonic acid) 2PACz ([2‐(9H‐Carbazol‐9‐yl) ethyl] phosphonic acid) and MeO …

Thiol-free self-assembled oligoethylene glycols enable robust air-stable molecular electronics

X Qiu, V Ivasyshyn, L Qiu, M Enache, J Dong… - Nature Materials, 2020 - nature.com
Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) are widely used to engineer the surface properties of
metals. The relatively simple and versatile chemistry of metal–thiolate bonds makes thiolate …

Rectification in Tunneling Junctions: 2,2′-Bipyridyl-Terminated n-Alkanethiolates

HJ Yoon, KC Liao, MR Lockett, SW Kwok… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Molecular rectification is a particularly attractive phenomenon to examine in studying
structure–property relationships in charge transport across molecular junctions, since the …

Conformation, and charge tunneling through molecules in SAMs

L Belding, SE Root, Y Li, J Park… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
This paper demonstrates that the molecular conformation (in addition to the composition and
structure) of molecules making up self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) influences the rates …

Odd–Even Effects in Charge Transport across n-Alkanethiolate-Based SAMs

M Baghbanzadeh, FC Simeone… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
This paper compares rates of charge transport across self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of
n-alkanethiolates having odd and even numbers of carbon atoms (n odd and n even) using …

Validating the Mott formula with self-assembled monolayer (SAM)-based large-area junctions: effect of length, backbone, spacer, substituent, and electrode on the …

S Park, J Jang, HJ Yoon - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2021 - ACS Publications
Understanding how the Seebeck effect of organic thermoelectric devices is associated with
the chemical structure of active molecules within the devices is a key goal in organic and …

Mixed monolayers of spiropyrans maximize tunneling conductance switching by photoisomerization at the molecule–electrode interface in EGaIn junctions

S Kumar, JT van Herpt, RYN Gengler… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
This paper describes the photoinduced switching of conductance in tunneling junctions
comprising self-assembled monolayers of a spiropyran moiety using eutectic Ga–In top …

Thiolate versus Selenolate: Structure, Stability, and Charge Transfer Properties

J Ossowski, T Wächter, L Silies, M Kind… - ACS …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Selenolate is considered as an alternative to thiolate to serve as a headgroup mediating the
formation of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on coinage metal substrates. There are …