Rapid Prediction of Energy Level Alignment and Conductance of Single‐Molecule Junctions Through Intramolecular Dipole Moment
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DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202403836
Abstract: How substituents affect the conductance of single‐molecule junctions has been a subject of ongoing debate. Here, a comparative study on the transport properties across a broader range of experimentally proposed and representative π‐conjugated molecular systems,… read more here.
Keywords: molecule junctions; conductance; dipole moment; conductance single ... See more keywords
Charge transport behavior of 1D gold chiral nanojunctions
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.11.160
Abstract: Abstract Understanding the process of electron tunneling in chirality-induced single-molecule junctions is imperative for the development of nanoscale switching and artificial nanomotors. Based on the combined non-equilibrium Green's functions formalism and the ground-state density functional… read more here.
Keywords: single molecule; charge transport; molecule junctions; gold ... See more keywords
Interplay between Magnetoresistance and Kondo Resonance in Radical Single-Molecule Junctions.
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c01199
Abstract: We report transport measurements on tunable single-molecule junctions of the organic perchlorotrityl radical molecule, contacted with gold electrodes at low temperature. The current-voltage characteristics of a subset of junctions shows zero-bias anomalies due to the… read more here.
Keywords: single molecule; molecule junctions; magnetoresistance; molecule ... See more keywords
Plasmon Squeezing in Single-Molecule Junctions.
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c03371
Abstract: Scanning tunneling microscope (STM)-induced luminescence provides an ideal platform for electrical generation and the atomic-scale manipulation of nonclassical states of light. However, despite its extreme importance in quantum technologies, squeezed light emission with reduced quantum… read more here.
Keywords: single molecule; molecule junctions; molecule; plasmon squeezing ... See more keywords
Stereoelectronic Effect-Induced Conductance Switching in Aromatic Chain Single-Molecule Junctions.
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b04139
Abstract: Biphenyl, as the elementary unit of organic functional materials, has been widely used in electronic and optoelectronic devices. However, over decades little has been fundamentally understood regarding how the intramolecular conformation of biphenyl dynamically affects… read more here.
Keywords: molecule; single molecule; conductance; molecule junctions ... See more keywords
Gating the Rectifying Direction of Tunneling Current through Single-Molecule Junctions.
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DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c13773
Abstract: In electronic functional chips, one of the most crucial components is the field-effect transistor (FET). To meet the urgent demands for further miniaturization of electronic devices, solid-state single-molecule transistors by molecular orbital gating have been… read more here.
Keywords: rectifying direction; molecule; molecule junctions; bias ... See more keywords
Highly conductive single-molecule junctions through electrocatalytic formation of benzyl-type Au‒C bonds
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-62961-x
Abstract: Creating reliable molecular-scale electronic devices demands strong, stable connections between metal electrodes and organic molecules. A significant challenge is forming robust chemical bonds directly to gold electrodes, as gold is notoriously unreactive. Conventional methods for… read more here.
Keywords: molecule; highly conductive; conductive single; molecule junctions ... See more keywords
Atomically precise construction of uniform single-molecule junctions for molecular electronics
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-63113-x
Abstract: Atomically precise construction of ultra-small electronic devices meets the urgent need for further device miniaturisation and enables numerous electronic applications. In particular, single-molecule junctions are attractive because they serve as platforms for studying fundamental scientific… read more here.
Keywords: methodology; molecule; molecule junctions; graphene ... See more keywords
Single-molecule junctions of π molecules
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DOI: 10.1039/c7qm00459a
Abstract: A single-molecule junction, where a single molecule is connected to metal electrodes, has been investigated for potential device applications. π molecules have various functions, and thus, they are ideal molecules as active components of electronic… read more here.
Keywords: molecule; single molecule; molecule junctions; molecule junction ... See more keywords
Origin and mechanism analysis of asymmetric current fluctuations in single-molecule junctions
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DOI: 10.1039/c8ra08508k
Abstract: The measurements of molecular electronic devices usually suffer from serious noise. Although noise hampers the operation of electric circuits in most cases, current fluctuations in single-molecule junctions are essentially related to their intrinsic quantum effects… read more here.
Keywords: single molecule; analysis; molecule junctions; current fluctuations ... See more keywords
Single-molecule junctions of multinuclear organometallic wires: long-range carrier transport brought about by metal–metal interaction†‡
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DOI: 10.1039/d0sc06613c
Abstract: Here, we report multinuclear organometallic molecular wires having (2,5-diethynylthiophene)diyl-Ru(dppe)2 repeating units. Despite the molecular dimensions of 2–4 nm the multinuclear wires show high conductance (up to 10−2 to 10−3G0) at the single-molecule level with small… read more here.
Keywords: multinuclear organometallic; single molecule; metal; molecule junctions ... See more keywords