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 …

Reactions in single-molecule junctions

H Chen, C Jia, X Zhu, C Yang, X Guo… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Develo** new materials is a long-standing goal that extends across the fields of synthesis,
catalysis, nanotechnology and materials science. Transforming one compound or material …

Essential features of weak current for excellent enhancement of NOx reduction over monoatomic V-based catalyst

D Zheng, K Liu, Z Zhang, Q Fu, M Bian, X Han… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Human society is facing increasingly serious problems of environmental pollution and
energy shortage, and up to now, achieving high NH3-SCR activity at ultra-low temperatures …

High electric fields on water microdroplets catalyze spontaneous and fast reactions in halogen-bond complexes

C Zhu, LN Pham, X Yuan, H Ouyang… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The use of external electric fields as green and efficient catalysts in synthetic chemistry has
recently received significant attention for their ability to deliver remarkable control of reaction …

Conductance evolution of photoisomeric single-molecule junctions under ultraviolet irradiation and mechanical stretching

M Tan, F Sun, X Zhao, Z Zhao, S Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
A comprehensive understanding of carrier transport in photoisomeric molecular junctions is
crucial for the rational design and delicate fabrication of single-molecule functional devices …

Electric-field mediated chemistry: uncovering and exploiting the potential of (oriented) electric fields to exert chemical catalysis and reaction control

S Shaik, D Danovich, J Joy, Z Wang… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ACS Publications
This Perspective discusses oriented external-electric-fields (OEEF), and other electric-field
types, as “smart reagents”, which enable in principle control over wide-ranging aspects of …

Enhanced active-site electric field accelerates enzyme catalysis

C Zheng, Z Ji, II Mathews, SG Boxer - Nature Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
The design and improvement of enzymes based on physical principles remain challenging.
Here we demonstrate that the principle of electrostatic catalysis can be leveraged to …

Harnessing the high interfacial electric fields on water microdroplets to accelerate Menshutkin reactions

Z Song, C Liang, K Gong, S Zhao, X Yuan… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Even though it is still an emerging field, the application of a high external electric field (EEF)
as a green and efficient catalyst in synthetic chemistry has recently received significant …

Molecular electronics: creating and bridging molecular junctions and promoting its commercialization

T Li, VK Bandari, OG Schmidt - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular electronics is driven by the dream of expanding Moore's law to the molecular level
for next‐generation electronics through incorporating individual or ensemble molecules into …

Single-molecule junction: A reliable platform for monitoring molecular physical and chemical processes

X **e, P Li, Y Xu, L Zhou, Y Yan, L **e, C Jia, X Guo - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Monitoring and manipulating the physical and chemical behavior of single molecules is an
important development direction of molecular electronics that aids in understanding the …