scholarly journals Proton-triggered switch based on a molecular transistor with edge-on gate

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 3137-3141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lianwei Li ◽  
Wai-Yip Lo ◽  
Zhengxu Cai ◽  
Na Zhang ◽  
Luping Yu

The effect of protonation on the molecular electronic properties of five pyridinoparacyclophane (PPC)-based molecular wires was investigated. The protonation/deprotonation process can reversibly switch the electronic properties of the molecules.

1996 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 424-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
J R Reimers ◽  
T X Lü ◽  
M J Crossley ◽  
N S Hush

1996 ◽  
Vol 256 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 353-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.R. Reimers ◽  
T.X. Lü ◽  
M.J. Crossley ◽  
N.S. Hush

NANO ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 1930007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bingrun Chen ◽  
Ke Xu

In the face of the fact that the development of traditional silicon-based electronic devices is increasingly limited, single molecule electronic device, which has been attracting more and more attention, is considered as one of the most hopeful candidates to realize the miniaturization of conventional electronic devices. In this paper, an overview of single molecule electronic devices is provided, including molecular electronic devices and electrode types. First, several molecular electronic devices are presented, including molecular diodes, molecular memories, molecular wires, molecular field effect transistors (FET) and molecular switches. Then the influence of different electrode types of the transport characteristics is introduced, showing that graphene is a promising electrode material for single molecule electronic devices. Moreover, other excellent characteristics of molecular devices are briefly introduced, such as potential thermoelectric effects, new thermally induced spin transport phenomena and negative differential resistance (NDR) behavior. Finally, the future challenges to the development of electronic devices based on single molecules are described.


2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 2018-2028 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Carlotti ◽  
Saurabh Soni ◽  
Xinkai Qiu ◽  
Eric Sauter ◽  
Michael Zharnikov ◽  
...  

In order to translate molecular properties in molecular-electronic devices, it is necessary to create design principles that can be used to achieve better structure–function control oriented toward device fabrication.


2009 ◽  
Vol 1154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edmund Leary ◽  
Horst Höbenreich ◽  
Simon J. Higgins ◽  
Harm van Zalinge ◽  
Wolfgang Haiss ◽  
...  

AbstractSimple alkanedithiols exhibit the same molecular conductance whether measured in air, under vacuum or under liquids of different polarity. Here, we show that the presence of water ‘gates’ the conductance of a family of oligothiophene–containing molecular wires, and that the longer the oligothiophene, the larger is the effect; for the longest example studied, the molecular conductance is over two orders of magnitude larger in the presence of water, an unprecedented result suggesting that ambient water is a crucial factor to be taken into account when measuring single molecule conductances (SMC), or in the design of future molecular electronic devices. Theoretical investigation of electron transport through the molecules, using the ab initio non-equilibrium Green's function (SMEAGOL) method, shows that water molecules interact with the thiophene rings, shifting the transport resonances enough to increase greatly the SMC of the longer, more conjugated examples.


2006 ◽  
Vol 17 (02) ◽  
pp. 187-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
OSMAN BARIŞ MALCIOĞLU ◽  
EMRE TAŞCI ◽  
ŞAKİR ERKOÇ

Thermal stability and molecular electronic properties of a single walled, bamboo shaped carbon nanotube has been investigated. Molecular dynamics method is applied to investigate thermal stability, and electronic properties are calculated at the Extended Huckel level. Although bamboo shaped carbon nanotubes observed in experimental literature are multi-walled, it is shown that the suggested structural model in this work, which is single-walled, is also both thermodynamically and energetically stable. Bamboo shape of the model investigated is due to periodical coronene-like spacers. The resultant structure is compartmented, having geometrical aberrations in the vicinity of spacers. There is no degradation in the average coordination number. The geometrical aberrations in the vicinity of spacers is due to curvature induced by the pentagons of the resultant geometry.


1995 ◽  
Vol 413 ◽  
Author(s):  
LeRoy Jones ◽  
James M. Tour

ABSTRACTDescribed is the solid-phase and solution-phase synthesis of oligo(2-dodecylphenyleneethynylene) s via an iterative divergent/convergent approach. Synthesized were the monomer, dimer, tetramer, octamer and 16-mer of the oligo(2-dodecylphenylene-thynylene)s. The synthetic protocol for the synthesis and attachment of protected thiol-containing end groups is also described which may serve as molecular alligator clips for adhesion to gold surfaces. These oligomers may act as molecular wires in molecular electronic devices.


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