Large-area, ensemble molecular electronics: motivation and challenges

A Vilan, D Aswal, D Cahen - Chemical Reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
We review charge transport across molecular monolayers, which is central to molecular
electronics (MolEl), using large-area junctions (NmJ). We strive to provide a wide conceptual …

Single-molecule electronics: from chemical design to functional devices

L Sun, YA Diaz-Fernandez, TA Gschneidtner… - Chemical Society …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The use of single molecules in electronics represents the next limit of miniaturisation of
electronic devices, which would enable us to continue the trend of aggressive downscaling …

Recent progress in the development of molecular-scale electronics based on photoswitchable molecules

X Huang, T Li - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular electronic devices with tunable conductance states show great potential in
building memories and logic components for next-generation circuits. In recent years …

Single molecular conductance of tolanes: experimental and theoretical study on the junction evolution dependent on the anchoring group

W Hong, DZ Manrique, P Moreno-García… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Employing a scanning tunneling microscopy based beak junction technique and
mechanically controlled break junction experiments, we investigated tolane …

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 …

Single-molecule conductance of functionalized oligoynes: length dependence and junction evolution

P Moreno-García, M Gulcur, DZ Manrique… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
We report a combined experimental and theoretical investigation of the length dependence
and anchor group dependence of the electrical conductance of a series of oligoyne …

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 …

Field-induced conductance switching by charge-state alternation in organometallic single-molecule junctions

F Schwarz, G Kastlunger, F Lissel… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Charge transport through single molecules can be influenced by the charge and spin states
of redox-active metal centres placed in the transport pathway. These intrinsic properties are …

Single-molecule junctions based on nitrile-terminated biphenyls: a promising new anchoring group

A Mishchenko, LA Zotti, D Vonlanthen… - Journal of the …, 2011 - ACS Publications
We present a combined experimental and theoretical study of the electronic transport
through single-molecule junctions based on nitrile-terminated biphenyl derivatives. Using a …

Incorporating single molecules into electrical circuits. The role of the chemical anchoring group

E Leary, A La Rosa, MT González… - Chemical Society …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Constructing electronic circuits containing singly wired molecules is at the frontier of
electrical device miniaturisation. When a molecule is wired between a pair of electrodes, the …