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 …

Plasmonics for extreme light concentration and manipulation

JA Schuller, ES Barnard, W Cai, YC Jun, JS White… - Nature materials, 2010 - nature.com
The unprecedented ability of nanometallic (that is, plasmonic) structures to concentrate light
into deep-subwavelength volumes has propelled their use in a vast array of nanophotonics …

PlasMOStor: a metal− oxide− Si field effect plasmonic modulator

JA Dionne, K Diest, LA Sweatlock, HA Atwater - Nano letters, 2009 - ACS Publications
Realization of chip-based all-optical and optoelectronic computational networks will require
ultracompact Si-compatible modulators, ideally comprising dimensions, materials, and …

Molecular electronics

JR Heath - Annual Review of Materials Research, 2009 - annualreviews.org
Molecular electronics describes the field in which molecules are utilized as the active
(switching, sensing, etc.) or passive (current rectifiers, surface passivants) elements in …

Molecular optoelectronics: the interaction of molecular conduction junctions with light

M Galperin, A Nitzan - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The interaction of light with molecular conduction junctions is attracting growing interest as a
challenging experimental and theoretical problem on one hand, and because of its potential …

Molecules on Si: electronics with chemistry

A Vilan, O Yaffe, A Biller, A Salomon, A Kahn… - Advanced …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Basic scientific interest in using a semiconducting electrode in molecule‐based electronics
arises from the rich electrostatic landscape presented by semiconductor interfaces …

A nonvolatile plasmonic switch employing photochromic molecules

RA Pala, KT Shimizu, NA Melosh, ML Brongersma - Nano Letters, 2008 - ACS Publications
We demonstrate a surface plasmon-polariton (SPP) waveguide all-optical switch that
combines the unique physical properties of small molecules and metallic (plasmonic) …

Tunable color filters based on metal− insulator− metal resonators

K Diest, JA Dionne, M Spain, HA Atwater - Nano letters, 2009 - ACS Publications
We report a method for filtering white light into individual colors using metal− insulator−
metal resonators. The resonators are designed to support photonic modes at visible …

Nanoplasmonic terahertz photoconductive switch on GaAs

B Heshmat, H Pahlevaninezhad, Y Pang… - Nano …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Low-temperature (LT) grown GaAs has a subpicosecond carrier response time that makes it
favorable for terahertz photoconductive (PC) switching. However, this is obtained at the price …

Metal nanoparticle–semiconductor nanowire hybrid nanostructures for plasmon-enhanced optoelectronics and sensing

A Pescaglini, D Iacopino - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Plasmonic metal nanoparticles have recently attracted increasing interest due to their
nanosized dimensions, tunable optical properties in the visible and near-infrared regions of …