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 …

Wet chemical routes to the assembly of organic monolayers on silicon surfaces via the formation of Si–C bonds: Surface preparation, passivation and functionalization

S Ciampi, JB Harper, JJ Gooding - Chemical Society Reviews, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic functionalization of non-oxidized silicon surfaces, while allowing for robust chemical
passivation of the inorganic substrate, is intended and expected to broaden the chemical …

Charge transport and rectification in arrays of SAM-based tunneling junctions

CA Nijhuis, WF Reus, JR Barber, MD Dickey… - Nano …, 2010 - ACS Publications
This paper describes a method of fabrication that generates small arrays of tunneling
junctions based on self-assembled monolayers (SAMs); these junctions have liquid-metal …

Transition from tunneling to hop** transport in long, conjugated oligo-imine wires connected to metals

SH Choi, C Risko, MCR Delgado, BS Kim… - Journal of the …, 2010 - ACS Publications
We report the electrical transport characteristics of conjugated
oligonaphthalenefluoreneimine (ONI) wires having systematically varied lengths up to 10 …

Quantum interference in acyclic systems: Conductance of cross-conjugated molecules

GC Solomon, DQ Andrews, RH Goldsmith… - Journal of the …, 2008 - ACS Publications
We calculate that significant quantum interference effects can be observed in elastic electron
transport through acyclic molecules. Interference features are evident in the transmission …

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 …

Single-molecule electrical contacts on silicon electrodes under ambient conditions

AC Aragonès, N Darwish, S Ciampi, F Sanz… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The ultimate goal in molecular electronics is to use individual molecules as the active
electronic component of a real-world sturdy device. For this concept to become reality, it will …

Proteins as electronic materials: Electron transport through solid-state protein monolayer junctions

I Ron, L Sepunaru, S Itzhakov… - Journal of the …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Electron transfer (ET) through proteins, a fundamental element of many biochemical
reactions, is studied intensively in aqueous solutions. Over the past decade, attempts were …

Making contact: Connecting molecules electrically to the macroscopic world

H Haick, D Cahen - Progress in Surface Science, 2008 - Elsevier
Introducing organic molecules in electronics, in general, and as active electronic transport
components, in particular, is to no small degree limited by the ability to connect them …

Light-emitting diodes based on colloidal silicon quantum dots with octyl and phenylpropyl ligands

X Liu, S Zhao, W Gu, Y Zhang, X Qiao… - … applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Colloidal silicon quantum dots (Si QDs) hold ever-growing promise for the development of
novel optoelectronic devices such as light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Although it has been …