Porphyrins as building blocks for single-molecule devices

P Zwick, D Dulić, HSJ Van Der Zant, M Mayor - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Direct measurement of single-molecule electrical transparency by break junction
experiments has become a major field of research over the two last decades. This review …

A review of oligo (arylene ethynylene) derivatives in molecular junctions

LJ O'Driscoll, MR Bryce - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Oligo (arylene ethynylene)(OAE) derivatives are the “workhorse” molecules of molecular
electronics. Their ease of synthesis and flexibility of functionalisation mean that a diverse …

Mechanical conductance tunability of a porphyrin–cyclophane single-molecule junction

WM Schosser, C Hsu, P Zwick, K Beltako, D Dulić… - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The possibility to study quantum interference phenomena at ambient conditions is an
appealing feature of molecular electronics. By connecting two porphyrins in a cofacial …

Benchmarking break-junction techniques: electric and thermoelectric characterization of naphthalenophanes

J Hurtado-Gallego, S van der Poel, M Blaschke… - Nanoscale, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Break-junction techniques provide the possibility to study electric and thermoelectric
properties of single-molecule junctions in great detail. These techniques rely on the same …

Mechanical compression in cofacial porphyrin cyclophane pincers

C Hsu, WM Schosser, P Zwick, D Dulić, M Mayor… - Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Intra-and intermolecular interactions are dominating chemical processes, and their
concerted interplay enables complex nonequilibrium states like life. While the responsible …

Tuning the aromatic backbone twist in dipyrrolonaphthyridinediones

B Sadowski, D Mierzwa, S Kang… - Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
This communication describes the photophysical behavior of three analogs of cyclophane
bearing the dipyrrolonaphthyridinedione (DPND) core. In these molecules, intersystem …

Design and Synthesis of Multipath Compact Cyclophanes for Quantum Interference Studies

SL Heim, A Gallego, V Bertozzi… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
To investigate interference phenomena and conductance properties in mechanically
controlled break junctions (MCBJs), macrocycles 1 and 2 (BMCs: for BenzeneMacroCycles) …

[HTML][HTML] Controlling quantum interference patterns in redox-active rings

LE Wilson, TTC Yue, MS Inkpen, I Grace… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The ability to create molecules, which exhibit tunable and unique conductive properties is a
key requirement for the development of future generation devices. Towards this concept, we …