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Quantum Interference Enhances the Performance of Single-Molecule Transistors.

Zhixin Chen, Iain M Grace, Steffen L Woltering, Lina Chen, Alex Gee, Jonathan Baugh, G Andrew D Briggs, Lapo Bogani, Jan A Mol, Colin J Lambert, Harry L Anderson, James O Thomas.

Nature Nanotechnology (2024) 

DOI: arXiv:2304.08535

Scale-Up of Room Temperature Constructive Interference from Single Molecules to Self-Assembled Molecular-Electronic Films .

Xintai Wang,# Troy L. R. Bennett,# Ali Ismael,# Luke A. Wilkinson, Joseph Hamill, Andrew J. P. White,
Iain M. Grace, Oleg V. Kolosov, Tim Albrecht, Benjamin J. Robinson,* Nicholas J. Long,*
Lesley F. Cohen,* and Colin J. Lambert*

Journal of the American Chemical Society (2020) 

DOI:10.1021/jacs.9b13578

Self-assembly and tiling of a prochiral hydrogen-bonded network: bi-isonicotinic acid on coinage metal surfaces

Alexander Allen, Mohammad Abdur Rashid, Philipp Rahe, Samuel P. Jarvis, James N. O’Shea, Janette L. Dunn and Philip Moriarty

Molecular Physics, 121, 7–8, e2192824 (2023)

DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2023.2192824

The role of halogens in Au–S bond cleavage for energy-differentiated catalysis at the single-bond limit.

Peihui Li, Songjun Hou, Qingqing Wu, Yijian Chen, Boyu Wang, Haiyang Ren, Jinying Wang, Zhaoyi Zhai, Zhongbo Yu, Colin J. Lambert, Chuancheng Jia & Xuefeng Guo

Nature Communications 14, 7695 (2023).

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43639-8

Thermally Conductive Hexagonal Boron Nitride/Polymer Composites for Efficient Heat Transport.

Chengning Yao, Grigore Leahu, Martin Holicky, Sihui Liu, Benji Fenech-Salerno, May Ching Lai, Maria Cristina Larciprete, Caterina Ducati, Giorgio Divitini, Roberto Li Voti, Concita Sibilia, Felice Torrisi

Advanced Functional Materials. 2024, 2405235

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202405235

Fabrication of graphene field effect transistors on complex non-planar surfaces

M. Holicky, B. Fenech-Salerno, A. E. G. Cass, F. Torrisi

Appl. Phys. Lett. 125, 113301 (2024)

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0226780

B3. QMol publications reported at month 18

  1. Quantum Interference Enhances the Performance of Single-Molecule Transistors. Nature Nanotechnology, 19 986  (2024)
  2. Thermally Conductive Hexagonal Boron Nitride/Polymer Composites for Efficient Heat Transport. Advanced Functional Materials.  24 05235 (2024)
  3. Fabrication of graphene field effect transistors on complex non-planar surfaces Appl. Phys. Lett. 125, 113301 (2024)
  4. Boosting the Photoresponse of Azobenzene Single-Molecule Junctions via Mechanical Interlock and Dynamic Anchor. ACS Nano 18,31547 (2024)
  5. Signatures of Topological States in Conjugated Macrocycles. Nano Letters 24 4972-4978 (2024)
  6. A Systematic Study of Methyl Carbodithioate Esters as Effective Gold Contact Groups for Single-Molecule Electronics, Angewandte Chemie 136 e202403577 (2024)
  7. Conductance Quantization in Two-dimensional Semi-metallic Transition Metal Dichalcogenides. Small 2311491 (2024)
  8. The Conductance and Thermopower Behavior of Pendent Trans-Coordinated Palladium(II) Complexes in Single-Molecule Junctions. ACS omega 9 (36), 38303-38312 (2024)
  9. Enhancing the Pressure-Sensitive Electrical Conductance of Self-Assembled Monolayers. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 16 66290 (2024)
  10. Tuning the Electrical Conductance of Oligo(phenylene-ethynylene) Derivatives-PbS Quantum-dot Bilayers. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 12 (35), 14004-14012 (2024)
  11. Theoretical investigation of Cu5/silicates deposited on rutile TiO2 as a photocatalyst. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 26 27088 (2024)
  12. Single‐Molecule Cross‐Plane Conductance of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Derivatives. Chemistry–A European Journal, e202402095 (2024)
  13. Controlling quantum interference patterns in redox-active rings. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 1022, 123368 (2024)
  14. The role of halogens in Au–S bond cleavage for energy-differentiated catalysis at the single-bond limit.

Nature Communications 14, 7695 (2023).

  1. Self-assembly and tiling of a prochiral hydrogen-bonded network: bi-isonicotinic acid on coinage metal surfaces. Physics, 121, 7–8, e2192824 (2023)

B4. QMol publications months 19-30

  1. A Systematic Study of Methyl Carbodithioate Esters as Effective Gold Contact Groups for Single-Molecule Electronics. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 63 (31) (2024)
  2. Dual-Function Single-Molecule Devices via Supramolecular Control of Quantum Interference. CCS Chemistry, 1-9 (2025)
  3. Breaking Interference‐Driven Reversal Currents to Boost Single‐Molecule Conductance. Angewandte Chemie 137 (50), e202520318  (2025)
  4. Single-Molecule and π–π-Stacked Dimer Electron Transport in Carbazole and Folded Bicarbazole Derivatives in Molecular Junctions. ACS omega 10 (44), 53540-53548 (2025)
  5. Layer‐by‐Layer Fabrication of Fullerene‐Intercalated Orthogonal Molecular Architectures Enhances Thermoelectric Behavior of Graphene‐Based Nanodevices Small 21 (42), e07988 (2025)
  6. Dual-State ambipolar charge transport in antiaromatic [4] cyclodibenzopentalene single-molecule nanohoops. JACS 147 (22), 18475-18483 (2025)
  7. High thermopower of monolayers and bilayers of C 60 derivatives. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 27 (44), 23858-23864 (2025)
  8. Light-driven molecular switching achieves 6-order magnitude conductance change in OPE dimer. Nanoscale Advances 7 (24), 7958-7963 (2025)
  9. Orientational control of quantum interference in ferrocene single-molecule junctions. Materials Chemistry Frontiers 9 (20), 3044-3050 (2025)
  10. Two-step hybrid photo-thermochemical looping process, using metallic clusters on metal oxide carriers, for very efficient green hydrogen production. Green Chemistry 27 (29), 8921-8935 (2025)
  11. Molecular Electronics Meets Direct-Write Carbon Nanofabrication via Focused Electron-Beam-Induced Deposition (FEBID): A Platform for Junction Architecture Design. ACS Applied Electronic Materials  7 (20), 9470-9479 (2025)
  12. Two-terminal analog memory comprising self-assembled monolayers of edge-fused porphyrin oligomers. Nanoscale 17 (38), 22315-22321 (2025)