The Formation and Conducting Mechanism of Imidazole‐Gold Molecular Junctions

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 2959-2965
Author(s):  
Shi Li ◽  
Yuxuan Jiang ◽  
Yongfeng Wang ◽  
Shimin Hou
Nanoscale ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis Thomas ◽  
Imane Arbouch ◽  
David Guérin ◽  
Xavier Wallart ◽  
Colin van Dyck ◽  
...  

We report the formation of self-assembled monolayers of a molecular photoswitch (azobenzene-bithiophene derivative, AzBT) on cobalt via a thiol covalent bond. We study the electrical properties of the molecular junctions...


2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun Li ◽  
Xiaobo Li ◽  
Shidong Zhang ◽  
Liemao Cao ◽  
Fangping Ouyang ◽  
...  

AbstractStrain engineering has become one of the effective methods to tune the electronic structures of materials, which can be introduced into the molecular junction to induce some unique physical effects. The various γ-graphyne nanoribbons (γ-GYNRs) embedded between gold (Au) electrodes with strain controlling have been designed, involving the calculation of the spin-dependent transport properties by employing the density functional theory. Our calculated results exhibit that the presence of strain has a great effect on transport properties of molecular junctions, which can obviously enhance the coupling between the γ-GYNR and Au electrodes. We find that the current flowing through the strained nanojunction is larger than that of the unstrained one. What is more, the length and strained shape of the γ-GYNR serves as the important factors which affect the transport properties of molecular junctions. Simultaneously, the phenomenon of spin-splitting occurs after introducing strain into nanojunction, implying that strain engineering may be a new means to regulate the electron spin. Our work can provide theoretical basis for designing of high performance graphyne-based devices in the future.


Author(s):  
Lin Huang ◽  
Yu-Jia Zeng ◽  
Dan Wu ◽  
Nan-Nan Luo ◽  
Ye-Xin Feng ◽  
...  

Achieving high tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) in molecular-scale junctions is attractive for their applications in spintronics. By using density-functional theory (DFT) in combination with the nonequilibrium Green's function (NEGF) method, we...


Author(s):  
Luke J. O’Driscoll ◽  
Sara Sangtarash ◽  
Wei Xu ◽  
Abdalghani Daaoub ◽  
Wenjing Hong ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (14) ◽  
pp. 5230-5235
Author(s):  
Xintai Wang ◽  
Ali Ismael ◽  
Ahmad Almutlg ◽  
Majed Alshammari ◽  
Alaa Al-Jobory ◽  
...  

A major potential advantage of creating thermoelectric devices using self-assembled molecular layers is their mechanical flexibility.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhikai Zhao ◽  
Chenyang Guo ◽  
Lifa Ni ◽  
Xueyan Zhao ◽  
Surong Zhang ◽  
...  

We develop a method based on the mechanically controllable break junction technique to investigate the electron transport properties of single molecular junctions upon fiber waveguided light. In our strategy, a...


2021 ◽  
Vol 154 (9) ◽  
pp. 094108
Author(s):  
Pablo Carpio-Martínez ◽  
Gabriel Hanna

Nano Today ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 101226
Author(s):  
Surong Zhang ◽  
Chenyang Guo ◽  
Lifa Ni ◽  
Kerstin M. Hans ◽  
Weiqiang Zhang ◽  
...  

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