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 …

Quantum interference, graphs, walks, and polynomials

Y Tsuji, E Estrada, R Movassagh, R Hoffmann - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
In this paper, we explore quantum interference (QI) in molecular conductance from the point
of view of graph theory and walks on lattices. By virtue of the Cayley–Hamilton theorem for …

Influence of quantum interference on the thermoelectric properties of molecular junctions

R Miao, H Xu, M Skripnik, L Cui, K Wang… - Nano …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Molecular junctions offer unique opportunities for controlling charge transport on the atomic
scale and for studying energy conversion. For example, quantum interference effects in …

Close relation between quantum interference in molecular conductance and diradical existence

Y Tsuji, R Hoffmann, M Strange… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
An empirical observation of a relationship between a striking feature of electronic
transmission through a π-system, destructive quantum interference (QI), on one hand, and …

[图书][B] Quantum transport in nanostructures and molecules: an introduction to molecular electronics

CJ Lambert - 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
This reference text presents a conceptual framework for understanding room-temperature
electron and phonon transport through molecules and other quantum objects. The flow of …

Electronic conductance and thermopower of cross-conjugated and skipped-conjugated molecules in single-molecule junctions

RJ Salthouse, J Hurtado-Gallego… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We report a combined experimental and theoretical study of a series of thiomethyl (SMe)
anchored cross-conjugated molecules featuring an acyclic central bridging ketone and their …

[HTML][HTML] Green's function methods for single molecule junctions

G Cohen, M Galperin - The Journal of chemical physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
We present a brief pedagogical review of theoretical Green's function methods applicable to
open quantum systems out of equilibrium, in general, and single molecule junctions, in …

Tuning conductance in aromatic molecules: constructive and counteractive substituent effects

MH Garner, GC Solomon… - The Journal of Physical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Destructive quantum interference in aromatic hydrocarbons can be tuned using chemical
substituents; however, classical chemical intuition is not enough to explain the effects on …

[HTML][HTML] Coherent population trapping by dark state formation in a carbon nanotube quantum dot

A Donarini, M Niklas, M Schafberger… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Illumination of atoms by resonant lasers can pump electrons into a coherent superposition of
hyperfine levels which can no longer absorb the light. Such superposition is known as a …

[HTML][HTML] Controlling destructive quantum interference in tunneling junctions comprising self-assembled monolayers via bond topology and functional groups

Y Zhang, G Ye, S Soni, X Qiu, TL Krijger… - Chemical …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Quantum interference effects (QI) are of interest in nano-scale devices based on molecular
tunneling junctions because they can affect conductance exponentially through minor …