Advances and challenges in single-molecule electron transport

F Evers, R Korytár, S Tewari, JM Van Ruitenbeek - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2020 - APS
Electronic transport properties of single-molecule junctions have been widely measured by
several techniques, including mechanically controllable break junctions, electromigration …

Application of azulene in constructing organic optoelectronic materials: New tricks for an old dog

H **n, X Gao - ChemPlusChem, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Azulene, as an isomer of naphthalene, has received increasing interest due to its unique
chemical structure and unusual photophysical properties, including a large dipole moment …

Room-temperature logic-in-memory operations in single-metallofullerene devices

J Li, S Hou, YR Yao, C Zhang, Q Wu, HC Wang… - Nature materials, 2022 - nature.com
In-memory computing provides an opportunity to meet the growing demands of large data-
driven applications such as machine learning, by colocating logic operations and data …

Enhanced π–π stacking between dipole-bearing single molecules revealed by conductance measurement

C Zhang, J Cheng, Q Wu, S Hou, S Feng… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Dipoles are widely involved in π–π interactions and are central to many chemical and
biological functions, but their influence on the strength of π–π interactions remains unclear …

Redox‐Active Azulene‐based 2D Conjugated Covalent Organic Framework for Organic Memristors

Z Zhao, ME El‐Khouly, Q Che, F Sun… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As a conjugated and unsymmetric building block composed of an electron‐poor seven‐
membered sp2 carbon ring and an electron‐rich five‐membered carbon ring, azulene and …

Incorporation of 2, 6‐connected azulene units into the backbone of conjugated polymers: towards high‐performance organic optoelectronic materials

H **n, C Ge, X Jiao, X Yang, K Rundel… - Angewandte …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Azulene is a promising candidate for constructing optoelectronic materials. An effective
strategy is presented to obtain high‐performance conjugated polymers by incorporating 2, 6 …

Ballistic conductance through porphyrin nanoribbons

JR Deng, MT González, H Zhu… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The search for long molecular wires that can transport charge with maximum efficiency over
many nanometers has driven molecular electronics since its inception. Single-molecule …

Lewis-acid mediated reactivity in single-molecule junctions

J Prana, L Kim, TM Czyszczon-Burton… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
While chemical reactions at a gold electrode can be monitored using molecular
conductance and driven by extrinsic stimuli, the intrinsic properties of the nanostructured …

Azulene‐Based Donor–Acceptor Systems: Synthesis, Optical, and Electrochemical Properties

T Shoji, S Ito - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We describe the synthesis and properties of azulene‐substituted 1, 1, 4, 4‐
tetracyanobutadienes (AzTCBDs) and heteroazulenyl TCBDs. TCBD derivatives were …

[HTML][HTML] Green's function methods for single molecule junctions

G Cohen, M Galperin - The Journal of chemical physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
We present a brief pedagogical review of theoretical Green's function methods applicable to
open quantum systems out of equilibrium, in general, and single molecule junctions, in …