Creating functional electrical circuits using individual or ensemble molecules, often termed
as “molecular-scale electronics”, not only meets the increasing technical demands of the …

This review provides a discussion of the current state of research on linear carbon structures
and related materials based on sp-hybridization of carbon atoms (polyynes and cumulenes) …

Linear, sp-hybridised, 1-dimensional (1D) all-carbon wires are conceptually the simplest π-
conjugated organic molecules. Their fundamental experimental and theoretical properties …

Conjugated poly-ynes and poly (metalla-ynes) constitute an important class of new materials
with potential application in various domains of science. The key factors responsible for the …

Active metal template Glaser coupling has been used to synthesize a series of rotaxanes
consisting of a polyyne, with up to 24 contiguous sp-hybridized carbon atoms, threaded …

The understanding of the charge transport through single molecule junctions is a
prerequisite for the design and building of electronic circuits based on single molecule …

Single molecule conductance measurements typically rely on functional linker groups to
anchor the molecule to the conductive electrodes through a donor–acceptor or covalent …

Single-molecule conductance generally decays exponentially with the length of the
molecule when the transport mechanism is a coherent tunneling process. However, it was …

The conductance and the decay of conductance as a function of molecular length within a
homologous series of oligoynes, Me3Si(C C) n SiMe3 (n= 2, 3, 4, or 5), is shown to …

Rigid, conjugated molecules are excellent candidates as molecular wires since they can
achieve full extension between electrodes while maintaining conjugation. Molecular design …