Nanoscale molecular rectifiers

R Gupta, JA Fereiro, A Bayat, A Pritam… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
The use of molecules bridged between two electrodes as a stable rectifier is an important
goal in molecular electronics. Until recently, however, and despite extensive experimental …

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 …

Charge transport through molecular ensembles: Recent progress in molecular electronics

Y Liu, X Qiu, S Soni, RC Chiechi - Chemical Physics Reviews, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
This review focuses on molecular ensemble junctions in which the individual molecules of a
monolayer each span two electrodes. This geometry favors quantum mechanical tunneling …

Molecular structure–(thermo) electric property relationships in single-molecule junctions and comparisons with single-and multiple-parameter models

M Naher, DC Milan, OA Al-Owaedi… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The most probable single-molecule conductance of each member of a series of 12
conjugated molecular wires, 6 of which contain either a ruthenium or platinum center …

Tuning electronic transport via hepta-alanine peptides junction by tryptophan doping

C Guo, X Yu, S Refaely-Abramson… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Charge migration for electron transfer via the polypeptide matrix of proteins is a key process
in biological energy conversion and signaling systems. It is sensitive to the sequence of …

Quantum circuit rules for molecular electronic Systems: where are we headed based on the current understanding of quantum interference, thermoelectric, and …

A Aggarwal, V Kaliginedi, PK Maiti - Nano Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
In this minireview, we discuss important aspects of the various quantum phenomena (such
as quantum interference, spin-dependent charge transport, and thermoelectric effects) …

A conceptual framework for designing and analyzing complex molecular circuits

R Kumar, C Seth, V Kaliginedi… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Assembling and prototyping circuits on a common breadboard scaffold is critical for
developing functional single molecule electronic devices. To this end, we recently …

Tunneling across SAMs containing oligophenyl groups

CM Bowers, D Rappoport… - The Journal of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
This paper reports rates of charge tunneling across self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of
compounds containing oligophenyl groups, supported on gold and silver, using …

Modulated rectification of carboxylate-terminated self-assembled monolayer junction by humidity and alkali metal ions: The coupling and asymmetric factor matter

L Tian, X Song, X Yu, W Hu - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2021 - ACS Publications
Facile modulation of the rectification behavior of a molecular junction device was achieved
by humidity and alkali metal ions using a series of carboxylic acid-terminated self …

Directional excitation of surface plasmon polaritons via molecular through-bond tunneling across double-barrier tunnel junctions

W Du, Y Han, H Hu, HS Chu, HV Annadata, T Wang… - Nano …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Directional excitation of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) by electrical means is important
for the integration of plasmonics with molecular electronics or steering signals toward other …