Quo vadis, unimolecular electronics?

RM Metzger - Nanoscale, 2018‏ - pubs.rsc.org
This paper reviews the present status of unimolecular electronics (UME). The field started in
the 1970s with a hope that some day organic molecules (∼ 2 nm in size), when used as …

Fullerene-based switching molecular diodes controlled by oriented external electric fields

A Jaros, EF Bonab, M Straka… - Journal of the American …, 2019‏ - ACS Publications
Employing multiscale in silico modeling, we propose switching molecular diodes on the
basis of endohedral fullerenes (fullerene switching diode, FSD), encapsulated with polar …

Single electron transistor with single aromatic ring molecule covalently connected to graphene nanogaps

Q Xu, G Scuri, C Mathewson, P Kim, C Nuckolls… - Nano …, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
We report a robust approach to fabricate single-molecule transistors with covalent electrode–
molecule–electrode chemical bonds, ultrashort (∼ 1 nm) molecular channels, and high …

Molecular junctions: Control of the energy gap achieved by a pinning effect

C Van Dyck, MA Ratner - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
Single-molecule junctions are the constitutive components of molecular electronics circuits.
For any potential application, the energy gap in the junction, ie, the accumulated energy …

Controlling the rectification properties of molecular junctions through molecule–electrode coupling

M Koepf, C Koenigsmann, W Ding, A Batra, CFA Negre… - Nanoscale, 2016‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The development of molecular components functioning as switches, rectifiers or amplifiers is
a great challenge in molecular electronics. A desirable property of such components is …

Tuning electrical conductance of molecular junctions via multipath Ru-based metal complex wire

AA Al-Jobory, ZY Mijbil, M Noori - Indian Journal of Physics, 2020‏ - Springer
We have properly investigated the electrical conductance of ruthenium-tris-bipyridine
(RuBpy) metal complex molecule by using quantum chemistry package supported by non …

Molecular rectification enhancement based on conformational and chemical modifications

J Valdiviezo, JL Palma - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2018‏ - ACS Publications
Design principles for molecules with intrinsic directional charge transport will likely prove
crucial for breakthroughs in nanotechnology and other emerging fields like biosensors and …

Inelastic effects in molecular transport junctions: The probe technique at high bias

M Kilgour, D Segal - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2016‏ - pubs.aip.org
We extend the Landauer-Büttiker probe formalism for conductances to the high bias regime
and study the effects of environmentally induced elastic and inelastic scattering on charge …

HOMO–LUMO coupling: the fourth rule for highly effective molecular rectifiers

AZ Thong, MSP Shaffer, AP Horsfield - Nanoscale, 2017‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Three rules for creating highly effective unimolecular rectifiers that utilize asymmetric
anchoring groups have been proposed by Van Dyck and Ratner [Ratner et al., Nano Lett …

Quantum interference enhances rectification behavior of molecular devices

A Polakovsky, J Showman, J Valdiviezo… - Physical Chemistry …, 2021‏ - pubs.rsc.org
We present a theoretical and computational work and demonstrate that cross-conjugated
molecules with electron-donating groups are efficient rectifiers with high conductance. The …