Peptides as bio-inspired electronic materials: An Electrochemical and first-principles perspective

J Yu, JR Horsley, AD Abell - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Molecular electronics is at the forefront of interdisciplinary research, offering a
significant extension of the capabilities of conventional silicon-based technology as well as …

A first-principles study of phthalocyanine-based multifunctional spintronic molecular devices

Y Song, CK Wang, G Chen, GP Zhang - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In this study, using the first-principles method, we theoretically investigated the spin-
dependent transport properties of a phthalocyanine (Pc) molecule, which is sandwiched …

Designing molecular rectifiers and spin valves using metallocene-functionalized undecanethiolates: one transition metal atom matters

GP Zhang, YQ Mu, MZ Wei, S Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
By using the first-principles method, here we have theoretically investigated the effects of the
head group on the rectifying and spin filtering properties of metallocenyl-functionalized …

Mechanisms of the odd-even effect and its reversal in rectifying performance of ferrocenyl-n-alkanethiolate molecular diodes

S Wang, MZ Wei, GC Hu, CK Wang, GP Zhang - Organic Electronics, 2017 - Elsevier
Using nonequilibrium Green's function method combined with density functional theory, here
we show that the rectification performance of molecular diodes, consisting of a single n …

Accurate first-principles calculation of the vibronic spectrum of stacked perylene tetracarboxylic acid diimides

A Mukazhanova, KJ Trerayapiwat… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
π-stacked organic electronic materials are tunable light absorbers with many potential
applications in optoelectronics. The optical properties of such molecules are highly …

Designing multifunctional single-molecule devices by mononuclear or binuclear manganese phthalocyanines

YJ Li, LY Chen, YH **a, JM Zhao, YQ Mu… - Physica E: Low …, 2021 - Elsevier
Molecular-scale magnetic devices have attracted great attention of research in recent years.
In this work, by using the non-equilibrium Green's function (NEGF) method in combination …

Optimizing the conductance switching performance in photoswitchable dimethyldihydropyrene/cyclophanediene single-molecule junctions

GP Zhang, YQ Mu, JM Zhao, H Huang, GC Hu… - Physica E: Low …, 2019 - Elsevier
Designing molecular switches with high stability and performance is still a great challenge in
the field of molecular electronics. For this aim, key factors influencing the charge transport …

Assessing the role of intermolecular interactions in a perylene-based nanowire using first-principles many-body perturbation theory

T Huang, DK Lewis, S Sharifzadeh - The Journal of Physical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
We present a first-principles many-body perturbation theory study of the role of
intermolecular coupling in the optoelectronic properties of a one-dimensional (1D) π …

Achieving high-performance molecular rectification through fast screening alkanethiol carboxylate-metal complexes electroactive units

L Tian, A Fan, X Yu, W Hu - CCS Chemistry, 2023 - chinesechemsoc.org
Achieving high performance in molecular scale diode devices remains a formidable
challenge due to the complexity of the charge transport process and the difficulty in device …

Can molecular quantum interference effect transistors survive vibration?

S Chen, WJ Zhou, Q Zhang, YH Kwok… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Quantum interference in cross-conjugated molecules can be utilized to construct molecular
quantum interference effect transistors. However, whether its application can be achieved …