Modulating the charge transport in metal│molecule│metal junctions via electrochemical gating

Dithienylethene‐Based Single Molecular Photothermal Linear Actuator

“…Molecular systems whose properties can be switched by external stimuli are of fundamental interest in molecular electronics. [1][2][3][4][5] These systems offer a vast playground for researchers to realize nanoscale functional devices at the molecular level. [2,6,7] A number of techniques are at hand to study the behavior of these molecular architectures under the influence of external stimuli.…”

“…Molecular systems whose properties can be switched by external stimuli are of fundamental interest in molecular electronics [1–5] . These systems offer a vast playground for researchers to realize nanoscale functional devices at the molecular level [2, 6, 7] .…”

Do quantum interference effects manifest in acyclic aliphatic molecules with anchoring groups?

“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] Significant efforts have been made in the research community to tune the transmission profile and hence the charge transport properties of molecular junctions by using quantum interference (QI) effects. [16][17][18][19] Although the fundamental basis of QI phenomena in molecular junctions is analogous to that of Young's doubleslit experiment, there are several perspectives established by the scientific community-in terms of didactic rules and schemes-to simplify the understanding of this concept. One of the most popular ortho-meta-para rules [20][21][22][23][24][25] dictates that ortho-and para-connected aromatic systems will exhibit constructive quantum interference (CQI), whereas meta-connected aromatic systems will exhibit destructive quantum interference (DQI).…”