Fabrication of electronic switches based on low-dimensional nanomaterials: a review

Organic precursors for tailored synthesis of sulfur- and nitrogen-doped mesoporous carbons: a molecular design approach

“…DFT calculations on the doping effect in graphene structures for ORR performance show that S-doped carbon has a lower energy barrier in the reaction steps compared to graphiticand pyridinic-N doped carbons. 25 This aligns with the experimental results demonstrating higher catalytic activity in SMC than NMC. Moreover, sulfur atoms exhibit high positive electron density.…”

“…Moreover, sulfur atoms exhibit high positive electron density. 25 Although direct evidence is lacking, the high positive charge density of sulfur atoms likely attracts O 2 , facilitating the smooth initiation of the ORR by cleaving the O-O bond. Despite the lower sulfur content in the mesoporous carbon compared to nitrogen content, SMC surprisingly exhibits superior ORR catalytic activity.…”

Capacitor or Memristor: Janus Behavior of Polyoxometalates

“…The ever-increasing demand for computing power and memory capacitance in today's digital world has led to the emergence of various new and revolutionary approaches beyond the classic CMOS technology. Reaching more and more physical limits in the sub 10 nm regime has created new challenges such as minimizing highly increasing parasitic leakage currents, making the invention of discrete molecular switches 15 with improved electronic properties an interesting alternative to conventional bulk materials. Several interesting approaches have been proposed to develop molecular alternatives to classical capacitor and memristor devices.…”

Multistate switching of scanning tunnelling microscopy machined polyoxovanadate–dysprosium–phthalocyanine nanopatterns on graphite

“…[2][3][4] The key advantage of using such low-dimensional compounds with discrete energy levels for circuit design is in reducing contact resistance to achieve faster operation cycles and/or lower power consumption compared to traditional semiconductor materials. 5 On the other hand, the ability of chemically designed zero-dimensional single molecules to self-assemble can help reduce some of the costly and energy-consuming steps of lithography in industrial production. Their successful integration (along with other types of nanomaterials such as nanowires, 6 nanofilms, 7 nanofibers, 8 and nanoparticles 9 ) as active switching layers into high-capacity electronic memory devices is of great economic and environmental importance.…”