Advances in single-molecule junctions as tools for chemical and biochemical analysis

EM Dief, PJ Low, I Díez-Pérez, N Darwish - Nature Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
The development of miniaturized electronics has led to the design and construction of
powerful experimental platforms capable of measuring electronic properties to the level of …

Reactions in single-molecule junctions

H Chen, C Jia, X Zhu, C Yang, X Guo… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Develo** new materials is a long-standing goal that extends across the fields of synthesis,
catalysis, nanotechnology and materials science. Transforming one compound or material …

Single-molecule junction: A reliable platform for monitoring molecular physical and chemical processes

X **e, P Li, Y Xu, L Zhou, Y Yan, L **e, C Jia, X Guo - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Monitoring and manipulating the physical and chemical behavior of single molecules is an
important development direction of molecular electronics that aids in understanding the …

Recent progress in the development of molecular-scale electronics based on photoswitchable molecules

X Huang, T Li - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular electronic devices with tunable conductance states show great potential in
building memories and logic components for next-generation circuits. In recent years …

Cleavage of non-polar C(sp2)‒C(sp2) bonds in cycloparaphenylenes via electric field-catalyzed electrophilic aromatic substitution

J Lin, Y Lv, K Song, X Song, H Zang, P Du… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Electrophilic aromatic substitution (EAS) is one of the most fundamental reactions in organic
chemistry. Using an oriented external electric field (OEEF) instead of traditional reagents to …

[HTML][HTML] Modulating single-molecule charge transport through external stimulus

Q Zou, J Qiu, Y Zang, H Tian, L Venkataraman - eScience, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding and tuning charge transport over a single molecule is a fundamental topic in
molecular electronics. Single-molecule junctions composed of individual molecules …

A single-molecule blueprint for synthesis

I Stone, RL Starr, Y Zang, C Nuckolls… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Chemical reactions that occur at nanostructured electrodes have garnered widespread
interest because of their potential applications in fields including nanotechnology, green …

Methods for the analysis, interpretation, and prediction of single-molecule junction conductance behaviour

E Gorenskaia, PJ Low - Chemical Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
This article offers a broad overview of measurement methods in the field of molecular
electronics, with a particular focus on the most common single-molecule junction fabrication …

The fabrication, characterization and functionalization in molecular electronics

Y Zhao, W Liu, J Zhao, Y Wang, J Zheng… - … Journal of Extreme …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Developments in advanced manufacturing have promoted the miniaturization of
semiconductor electronic devices to a near-atomic scale, which continuously follows the'top …

Electron-catalyzed dehydrogenation in a single-molecule junction

H Chen, F Jiang, C Hu, Y Jiao, S Chen… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Investigating how electrons propagate through a single molecule is one of the missions of
molecular electronics. Electrons, however, are also efficient catalysts for conducting radical …