Inside Back Cover: Hemilabile Ligands as Mechanosensitive Electrode Contacts for Molecular Electronics (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 46/2019)

Abstract

Single‐entity junctions with conductance responsive to external stimuli are of particular interest in molecular electronics. By applying a concept from homogeneous catalysis, hemilability, molecules terminated with (2‐methylthio)thiophene have conductance (green line) responding exponentially to mechanical modulations of the position of one of the electrodes (red line). These mechanically actuated switches showed high reversibility, speed and durability, offering a new, robust method to control the electrical properties of molecular devices. Read more in the Research Article by A. Vezzolli, S. Sangtarash, C. J. Lambert, S. J. Higgins, and co‐workers on page 16583.