From high quality packing to disordered nucleation or phase separation in donor/acceptor interfaces: ClAlPc-C₆₀ on Au(111)

Abstract

The dramatic consequences that the orientation adopted by the molecular dipoles, in diverse arrays of chloroaluminum phthalocyanine (ClAlPc) on Au(111), have on the ulterior adsorption and growth of C60 are...

Molecular Electronics: Creating and Bridging Molecular Junctions and Promoting Its Commercialization

“…As a complementary configuration, a large-area molecular junction comprising an ensemble of molecules (via self-assembly, [56] Langmuir-Blodgett, [57] or other methods) allows the massive fabrication of high-quality and reproducible molecular electronic devices; therefore, they are much more appealing for industrial processes. [58] Additionally, the collective effects in ensemble molecular junctions, such as intermolecular interactions induced by the close packing of the molecules [59,60] and energy alignment across the electrodemolecule interfaces, [61,62] may influence the electrical behavior of these systems, thereby increasing the degree of freedom to manipulate the performance of molecular devices. Both singlemolecule and ensemble molecular junctions have their own scientific significances, and together build the fascinating world of molecular electronics.…”