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 …

Single-molecule quantum-transport phenomena in break junctions

P Gehring, JM Thijssen, HSJ van der Zant - Nature Reviews Physics, 2019 - nature.com
Single-molecule junctions—devices in which a single molecule is electrically connected by
two electrodes—enable the study of a broad range of quantum-transport phenomena even …

Dynamic molecular switches with hysteretic negative differential conductance emulating synaptic behaviour

Y Wang, Q Zhang, HPAG Astier, C Nickle, S Soni… - Nature materials, 2022 - nature.com
To realize molecular-scale electrical operations beyond the von Neumann bottleneck, new
types of multifunctional switches are needed that mimic self-learning or neuromorphic …

Molecular diodes with rectification ratios exceeding 105 driven by electrostatic interactions

X Chen, M Roemer, L Yuan, W Du, D Thompson… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Molecular diodes operating in the tunnelling regime are intrinsically limited to a maximum
rectification ratio R of∼ 103. To enhance this rectification ratio to values comparable to …

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 …

Robust single-supermolecule switches operating in response to two different noncovalent interactions

P Zhou, Y Fu, M Wang, R Qiu, Y Wang… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Supramolecular electronics provide an opportunity to introduce molecular assemblies into
electronic devices through a combination of noncovalent interactions such as [π··· π] and …

Unimolecular electronics

RM Metzger - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Unimolecular electronics (UME) narrowly defined (sensu stricto), 1 or molecular-scale
electronics, 2 is the study of electrical processes measured or controlled on a molecular …

Mechanically controlled quantum interference in individual π-stacked dimers

R Frisenda, VAEC Janssen, FC Grozema… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Recent observations of destructive quantum interference in single-molecule junctions
confirm the role of quantum effects in the electronic conductance properties of molecular …

Thermal and thermoelectric properties of molecular junctions

K Wang, E Meyhofer, P Reddy - Advanced Functional Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular junctions (MJs) represent an ideal platform for studying charge and energy
transport at the atomic and molecular scale and are of fundamental interest for the …

Molecular rectifiers: a new design based on asymmetric anchoring moieties

C Van Dyck, MA Ratner - Nano letters, 2015 - ACS Publications
The quest for a molecular rectifier is among the major challenges of molecular electronics.
We introduce three simple rules to design an efficient rectifying molecule and demonstrate …