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 …

Carbon-based molecular junctions for practical molecular electronics

RL McCreery - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The field of molecular electronics has grown rapidly since its experimental
realization in the late 1990s, with thousands of publications on how molecules can act as …

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 …

[PDF][PDF] Single-molecule optoelectronic devices: physical mechanism and beyond

P Li, Y Chen, B Wang, M Li, D **ang, C Jia… - Opto-Electronic …, 2022 - researching.cn
Single-molecule devices not only promise to provide an alternative strategy to break through
the miniaturization and functionalization bottlenecks faced by traditional semiconductor …

Single-molecule nano-optoelectronics: insights from physics

P Li, L Zhou, C Zhao, H Ju, Q Gao, W Si… - Reports on Progress …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Single-molecule optoelectronic devices promise a potential solution for miniaturization and
functionalization of silicon-based microelectronic circuits in the future. For decades of its fast …

Ordered nanoparticle arrays interconnected by molecular linkers: electronic and optoelectronic properties

J Liao, S Blok, SJ van der Molen… - Chemical Society …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Arrays of metal nanoparticles in an organic matrix have attracted a lot of interest due to their
diverse electronic and optoelectronic properties. Recent work demonstrates that …

Control of rectification in molecular junctions: contact effects and molecular signature

Q Nguyen, P Martin, D Frath… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Thin layers of oligomers with thickness between 7 and 9 nm were deposited on flat gold
electrode surfaces by electrochemical reduction of diazonium reagents, then a Ti (2 nm)/Au …

Aryldiazonium salt derived mixed organic layers: From surface chemistry to their applications

C Jiang, SM Silva, S Fan, Y Wu, MT Alam, G Liu… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Formation of multicomponent layers via electrografting of aryldiazonium salts has been
recognized by materials scientists and electrochemists as a powerful tool due to their high …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular electronic plasmonics

T Wang, CA Nijhuis - Applied Materials Today, 2016 - Elsevier
Molecular electronic plasmonics (MEP) is an area of research that utilizes the electronic
properties of molecules to control and modulate surface plasmons and holds the potential to …

Control of electronic symmetry and rectification through energy level variations in bilayer molecular junctions

A Bayat, JC Lacroix, RL McCreery - Journal of the American …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Two layers of molecular oligomers were deposited on flat carbon electrode surfaces by
electrochemical reduction of diazonium reagents, then a top contact applied to complete a …