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 …

Single‐Molecule Electrochemical Transistors

J Bai, X Li, Z Zhu, Y Zheng, W Hong - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐molecule electrochemical transistors are a type of novel molecular devices in which
the tunneling current through the single‐molecule junction is modulated by the …

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 …

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 …

A post-functionalization toolbox for diazonium (electro)-grafted surfaces: Review of the coupling methods

C Gautier, I López, T Breton - Materials Advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The surface modification by organics has been booming over the past twenty years in the
context of the development of 2D nanomaterials for a wide range of applications. The …

The fabrication, characterization and functionalization in molecular electronics

Y Zhao, W Liu, J Zhao, Y Wang, J Zheng… - … Journal of Extreme …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Developments in advanced manufacturing have promoted the miniaturization of
semiconductor electronic devices to a near-atomic scale, which continuously follows the'top …

Enhanced selectivity in microdroplet-mediated enzyme catalysis

Y Li, J Ding, W Qin - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024 - ACS Publications
Natural enzymes with enhanced catalytic activity and selectivity have long been studied by
tuning the microenvironment around the active site, but how to modulate the active-site …

Local cation-tuned reversible single-molecule switch in electric double layer

L Tong, Z Yu, YJ Gao, XC Li, JF Zheng, Y Shao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The nature of molecule-electrode interface is critical for the integration of atomically precise
molecules as functional components into circuits. Herein, we demonstrate that the electric …

Coordination-driven opto-electroactive molecular thin films in electronic circuits

P Sachan, PC Mondal - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Surface engineering using controlled molecular structures, compositions, thicknesses,
packing, and orientations is highly desirable for understanding nanoscale interfacial …

Electrical and spin switches in single‐molecule junctions

G Ke, C Duan, F Huang, X Guo - InfoMat, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐molecule electrical and spin switches have been one of the main research focuses in
molecular electronics and spintronics because they may form the most important elements …