Advances in single-molecule junctions as tools for chemical and biochemical analysis

EM Dief, PJ Low, I Díez-Pérez, N Darwish - Nature Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
The development of miniaturized electronics has led to the design and construction of
powerful experimental platforms capable of measuring electronic properties to the level of …

A single-molecule blueprint for synthesis

I Stone, RL Starr, Y Zang, C Nuckolls… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Chemical reactions that occur at nanostructured electrodes have garnered widespread
interest because of their potential applications in fields including nanotechnology, green …

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 …

Cleavage of non-polar C(sp2)‒C(sp2) bonds in cycloparaphenylenes via electric field-catalyzed electrophilic aromatic substitution

J Lin, Y Lv, K Song, X Song, H Zang, P Du… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Electrophilic aromatic substitution (EAS) is one of the most fundamental reactions in organic
chemistry. Using an oriented external electric field (OEEF) instead of traditional reagents to …

Single-molecule electrical contacts on silicon electrodes under ambient conditions

AC Aragonès, N Darwish, S Ciampi, F Sanz… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The ultimate goal in molecular electronics is to use individual molecules as the active
electronic component of a real-world sturdy device. For this concept to become reality, it will …

Robust organic radical molecular junctions using acetylene terminated groups for C–Au bond formation

F Bejarano, IJ Olavarria-Contreras… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Organic paramagnetic and electroactive molecules are attracting interest as core
components of molecular electronic and spintronic devices. Currently, further progress is …

Metal–single-molecule–semiconductor junctions formed by a radical reaction bridging gold and silicon electrodes

CR Peiris, YB Vogel, AP Le Brun… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Here we report molecular films terminated with diazonium salts moieties at both ends which
enables single-molecule contacts between gold and silicon electrodes at open circuit via a …

A review of oligo (arylene ethynylene) derivatives in molecular junctions

LJ O'Driscoll, MR Bryce - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Oligo (arylene ethynylene)(OAE) derivatives are the “workhorse” molecules of molecular
electronics. Their ease of synthesis and flexibility of functionalisation mean that a diverse …

Interrogating the CISS effect in chiral and paramagnetic organic radicals: the impact of the molecular spin over the total spin polarization

JA De Sousa, P Mayorga-Burrezo… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Continuous research on new chiral molecular materials brings new exciting properties to the
field of molecular electronics. The discovery of the chirality-induced spin selectivity (CISS) …

Covalent Ag–C bonding contacts from unprotected terminal acetylenes for molecular junctions

S Li, H Yu, X Chen, AA Gewirth, JS Moore… - Nano …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Robust molecule–metal linkages are essential for develo** high-performance and air-
stable devices for molecular and organic electronics. In this work, we report a facile method …