Single molecule electronic devices with carbon-based materials: status and opportunity

Abstract

The field of single molecule electronics has progressed remarkably in the past decades by allowing for more versatile molecular functions and improving device fabrication techniques.

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

“…An alternative strategy for the fabrication of stable molecular junctions is to use noncovalent-interaction-based graphene nanogap electrodes, [579][580][581][582] in which both terminations of the molecules are physically bonded with graphene by π-π stacking (as shown in Figure 22C(i,ii)). Typically, Prins et al deposited anthracene-functionalized curcuminoid molecules on the electroburned graphene nanoelectrodes with gaps of 1-2 nm, [109] as shown in Figure 22C(i).…”

High-throughput virtual screening for organic electronics: a comparative study of alternative strategies

“…This rigid architecture was used with consideration of the axial rod-like feature, which is prevalent in molecular scale electronics. [354][355][356] With judicious choice of aromatic motifs in the X and Y position, the screening found structures which independently satisfied ambipolar charge transport characteristics, electron and hole transport, Ohmic contact with common electrodes and so on. Using a more exhaustive strategy like that in ref.…”

Differential Bio‐Optoelectronic Gating of Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes by Varying the Covalent Attachment Residue of a Green Fluorescent Protein

“…By coupling FPs to CNTs, there is a possibility of exploiting emergent single fluorescent protein molecule function in the context of novel electronic devices through tuning optical and electrical properties. [27][28][29][30] Recently, a number of papers have demonstrated the enhancement of photocurrent response of graphene [31] or carbon nanotube transistors [32] modified by photo sensitive proteins. For example, GFP covalent attachment via diazonium salts was used to develop the wavelength selective photodetector based on a graphene field-effect transistor (FET).…”