Long-Range Charge Transport in Molecular Wires

J Jang, HJ Yoon - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024 - ACS Publications
Long-range charge transport (LRCT) in molecular wires is crucial for the advancement of
molecular electronics but remains insufficiently understood due to complex transport …

Low vapor pressure solvents for single-molecule junction measurements

L Kim, TM Czyszczon-Burton, KM Nguyen, S Stukey… - Nano Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Nonpolar solvents commonly used in scanning tunneling microscope-based break junction
measurements exhibit hazards and relatively low boiling points (bp) that limit the scope of …

Mechanical single-molecule potentiometers with large switching factors from ortho-pentaphenylene foldamers

J Li, P Shen, S Zhen, C Tang, Y Ye, D Zhou… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Molecular potentiometers that can indicate displacement-conductance relationship, and
predict and control molecular conductance are of significant importance but rarely …

Map** the transmission functions of single-molecule junctions

B Capozzi, JZ Low, J **a, ZF Liu, JB Neaton… - Nano …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Charge transport phenomena in single-molecule junctions are often dominated by
tunneling, with a transmission function dictating the probability that electrons or holes tunnel …

Highly insulating alkane rings with destructive σ-interference

J Ye, A Al-Jobory, QC Zhang, W Cao, A Alshehab… - Science China …, 2022 - Springer
Destructive quantum interference (DQI) provides a unique approach to controlling the
leakage current in the OFF state of molecular devices. However, the DQI in π-conjugated …

Impact of solvent electrostatic environment on molecular junctions probed via electrochemical impedance spectroscopy

W Shi, JE Greenwald, L Venkataraman - Nano Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
The electrostatic environment around nanoscale molecular junctions modulates charge
transport; solvents alter this environment. Methods to directly probe solvent effects require …

Protonation tuning of quantum interference in azulene-type single-molecule junctions

G Yang, S Sangtarash, Z Liu, X Li, H Sadeghi… - Chemical …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The protonation of azulene derivatives with quantum interference effects is studied by the
conductance measurements of single-molecule junctions. Three azulene derivatives with …

Too hot for photon-assisted transport: hot-electrons dominate conductance enhancement in illuminated single-molecule junctions

ED Fung, O Adak, G Lovat, D Scarabelli… - Nano …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We investigate light-induced conductance enhancement in single-molecule junctions via
photon-assisted transport and hot-electron transport. Using 4, 4′-bipyridine bound to Au …

Towards Responsive Single‐Molecule Device

Y Chen, L Huang, H Chen, Z Chen… - Chinese Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐molecule devices, which are fabricated by the single molecule bridged through
electrodes, provide a promising approach to investigate the intrinsic chemical or physical …

Chain length dependence of the dielectric constant and polarizability in conjugated organic thin films

C Van Dyck, TJ Marks, MA Ratner - ACS nano, 2017 - ACS Publications
Dielectric materials are ubiquitous in optics, electronics, and materials science. Recently,
there have been new efforts to characterize the dielectric performance of thin films …