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 …

Single-molecule electronics: from chemical design to functional devices

L Sun, YA Diaz-Fernandez, TA Gschneidtner… - Chemical Society …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The use of single molecules in electronics represents the next limit of miniaturisation of
electronic devices, which would enable us to continue the trend of aggressive downscaling …

Electrochemistry of redox-active self-assembled monolayers

AL Eckermann, DJ Feld, JA Shaw, TJ Meade - Coordination chemistry …, 2010 - Elsevier
Redox-active self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) provide an excellent platform for
investigating electron transfer kinetics. Using a well-defined bridge, a redox center can be …

Charge transport through molecular switches

SJ van der Molen, P Liljeroth - Journal of Physics: Condensed …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We review the fascinating research on charge transport through switchable molecules. In the
past decade, detailed investigations have been performed on a great variety of molecular …

Light-controlled conductance switching of ordered metal− molecule− metal devices

SJ van der Molen, J Liao, T Kudernac, JS Agustsson… - Nano …, 2009 - ACS Publications
We demonstrate reversible, light-controlled conductance switching of molecular devices
based on photochromic diarylethene molecules. These devices consist of ordered, two …

Exploring optoelectronic properties of undoped and amine-doped carbon dots: Impact of surface functionalization and pH

A Panigrahi, RK Behera, L Mishra, S Kumar, P Dubey… - Carbon, 2023 - Elsevier
Tuning optoelectronic properties through surface modifications and doping in low
dimensional carbon dots (CDs) has been an asset in designing them for versatile …

Electrochemical control of single-molecule conductance by Fermi-level tuning and conjugation switching

M Baghernejad, X Zhao, K Baruël Ørnsø… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Controlling charge transport through a single molecule connected to metallic electrodes
remains one of the most fundamental challenges of nanoelectronics. Here we use …

Cross-conjugation and quantum interference: a general correlation?

H Valkenier, CM Guédon, T Markussen… - Physical Chemistry …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
We discuss the relationship between the π-conjugation pattern, molecular length, and
charge transport properties of molecular wires, both from an experimental and a theoretical …

Probing charge transport of ruthenium-complex-based molecular wires at the single-molecule level

K Liu, X Wang, F Wang - Acs Nano, 2008 - ACS Publications
A ruthenium (II) bis (σ-arylacetylide)-complex-based molecular wire functionalized with
thiolacetyl alligator clips at both ends (OPERu) was used to fabricate gold substrate …

Electrochemical control of quantum interference in anthraquinone-based molecular switches

T Markussen, J Schiötz, KS Thygesen - The Journal of chemical …, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
Using first-principles calculations we analyze the electronic transport properties of a recently
proposed anthraquinone-based electrochemical switch. Robust conductance on/off ratios of …