Unimolecular electronics

RM Metzger - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Unimolecular electronics (UME) narrowly defined (sensu stricto), 1 or molecular-scale
electronics, 2 is the study of electrical processes measured or controlled on a molecular …

Practical aspects of cyclic voltammetry: how to estimate reduction potentials when irreversibility prevails

EM Espinoza, JA Clark, J Soliman… - Journal of The …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
What is the best approach for estimating standard electrochemical potentials, E (0), from
voltammograms that exhibit chemical irreversibility? The lifetimes of the oxidized or reduced …

[HTML][HTML] Electrochemical analysis in charge-transfer science: The devil in the details

O O'Mari, VI Vullev - Current opinion in electrochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
It is easy to carry out electrochemical analysis. It is demanding, however, to do it right, as
inherent challenges, emerging from details in the data collection and the result …

Excited-state symmetry-breaking charge separation dynamics in multibranched perylene diimide molecules

J Kong, W Zhang, G Li, D Huo, Y Guo… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
As one of the most promising nonfullerene acceptors for organic photovoltaics, perylene
diimide (PDI)-based multibranched molecules with twisted or three-dimensional (3D) …

The magic of biaryl linkers: the electronic coupling through them defines the propensity for excited-state symmetry breaking in quadrupolar acceptor–donor–acceptor …

JA Clark, D Kusy, O Vakuliuk, M Krzeszewski… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Charge transfer (CT) is key for molecular photonics, governing the optical properties of
chromophores comprising electron-rich and electron-deficient components. In photoexcited …

Multifaceted aspects of charge transfer

JB Derr, J Tamayo, JA Clark, M Morales… - Physical Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Charge transfer and charge transport are by far among the most important processes for
sustaining life on Earth and for making our modern ways of living possible. Involving multiple …

Nonplanar butterfly‐shaped π‐expanded pyrrolopyrroles

M Krzeszewski, T Kodama, EM Espinoza… - … A European Journal, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Large aza‐analogues of curved polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with a double‐helicene
structure present unique features for molecular photonics. We present the preparation and …

Dipole effects on electron transfer are enormous

M Krzeszewski, EM Espinoza… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular dipoles present important, but underutilized, methods for guiding electron transfer
(ET) processes. While dipoles generate fields of Gigavolts per meter in their vicinity, reported …

Role of intramolecular hydrogen bonds in promoting electron flow through amino acid and oligopeptide conjugates

R Orłowski, JA Clark, JB Derr… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Elucidating the factors that control charge transfer rates in relatively flexible conjugates is of
importance for understanding energy flows in biology as well as assisting the design and …

Gating That Suppresses Charge Recombination–The Role of Mono-N-Arylated Diketopyrrolopyrrole

A Purc, EM Espinoza, R Nazir, JJ Romero… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Suppressing the charge recombination (CR) that follows an efficient charge separation (CS)
is of key importance for energy, electronics, and photonics applications. We focus on the role …