Molecular-scale electronics: from concept to function

D **ang, X Wang, C Jia, T Lee, X Guo - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Creating functional electrical circuits using individual or ensemble molecules, often termed
as “molecular-scale electronics”, not only meets the increasing technical demands of the …

Single molecule electronic devices

H Song, MA Reed, T Lee - Advanced Materials, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Single molecule electronic devices in which individual molecules are utilized as active
electronic components constitute a promising approach for the ultimate miniaturization and …

Charge transport through molecular switches

SJ van der Molen, P Liljeroth - Journal of Physics: Condensed …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We review the fascinating research on charge transport through switchable molecules. In the
past decade, detailed investigations have been performed on a great variety of molecular …

Mechanically controllable break junctions for molecular electronics

D **ang, H Jeong, T Lee, D Mayer - Advanced Materials, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
A mechanically controllable break junction (MCBJ) represents a fundamental technique for
the investigation of molecular electronic junctions, especially for the study of the electronic …

Molecular junctions based on aromatic coupling

S Wu, MT González, R Huber, S Grunder… - Nature …, 2008 - nature.com
If individual molecules are to be used as building blocks for electronic devices, it will be
essential to understand charge transport at the level of single molecules. Most existing …

Revealing the role of anchoring groups in the electrical conduction through single‐molecule junctions

LA Zotti, T Kirchner, JC Cuevas, F Pauly, T Huhn… - small, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
A combined experimental and theoretical study is presented revealing the influence of metal–
molecule coupling on electronic transport through single‐molecule junctions. Transport …

Oligoyne single molecule wires

C Wang, AS Batsanov, MR Bryce, S Martin… - Journal of the …, 2009 - ACS Publications
We report the electrical conductance at the single molecule level of the oligoyne molecular
wires Py-(C C) n-Py (n= 1, 2 and 4; Py= 4-pyridyl) using STM-molecular break junction …

Electrical conductance of molecular junctions by a robust statistical analysis

MT González, S Wu, R Huber, SJ Van Der Molen… - Nano …, 2006 - ACS Publications
We propose an objective and robust method to extract the electrical conductance of single
molecules connected to metal electrodes from a set of measured conductance data. Our …

Electrical conductance of conjugated oligomers at the single molecule level

R Huber, MT González, S Wu, M Langer… - Journal of the …, 2008 - ACS Publications
We determine and compare, at the single molecule level and under identical environmental
conditions, the electrical conductance of four conjugated phenylene oligomers comprising …

Regulating a benzodifuran single molecule redox switch via electrochemical gating and optimization of molecule/electrode coupling

Z Li, H Li, S Chen, T Froehlich, C Yi… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We report a novel strategy for the regulation of charge transport through single molecule
junctions via the combination of external stimuli of electrode potential, internal modulation of …