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Planar aromatic anchors control the electrical conductance of gold|molecule|graphene junctions (2023)
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The synthesis of a family of alkanethiol molecules with planar aromatic head groups, designed to anchor molecules effectively to graphene electrodes, is reported. Characterisation of self-assembled monolayers of these molecules on a gold surface via... Read More about Planar aromatic anchors control the electrical conductance of gold|molecule|graphene junctions.

Electrostatic Fermi level tuning in large-scale self-assembled monolayers of oligo(phenylene–ethynylene) derivatives (2022)
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Understanding and controlling the orbital alignment of molecules placed between electrodes is essential in the design of practically-applicable molecular and nanoscale electronic devices. The orbital alignment is highly determined by the molecule–ele... Read More about Electrostatic Fermi level tuning in large-scale self-assembled monolayers of oligo(phenylene–ethynylene) derivatives.

Heteroatom Effects on Quantum Interference in Molecular Junctions: Modulating Antiresonances by Molecular Design (2021)
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Controlling charge transport through molecular wires by utilizing quantum interference (QI) is a growing topic in single-molecular electronics. In this article, scanning tunneling microscopy-break junction techniques and density functional theory cal... Read More about Heteroatom Effects on Quantum Interference in Molecular Junctions: Modulating Antiresonances by Molecular Design.

A review of oligo(arylene ethynylene) derivatives in molecular junctions (2021)
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Oligo(arylene ethynylene) (OAE) derivatives are the “workhorse” molecules of molecular electronics. Their ease of synthesis and flexibility of functionalisation mean that a diverse array of OAE molecular wires have been designed, synthesised and stud... Read More about A review of oligo(arylene ethynylene) derivatives in molecular junctions.

Extended curly arrow rules to rationalise and predict structural effects on quantum interference in molecular junctions (2021)
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The ability to easily and reliably predict quantum interference (QI) behaviour would facilitate the design of functional molecular wires with potential applications in switches, transistors and thermoelectric devices. A variety of predictive methods... Read More about Extended curly arrow rules to rationalise and predict structural effects on quantum interference in molecular junctions.

Unusual dual-emissive heteroleptic iridium complexes incorporating TADF cyclometalating ligands (2020)
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Five new neutral heteroleptic iridium(III) complexes IrL2(pic) (2–6) based on the archetypical blue emitter FIrpic have been synthesised. The cyclometallating ligands L are derived from 2-(2,6-F2-3-pyridyl)-4-mesitylpyridine (7), 2-(3-cyano-2,6-F2-ph... Read More about Unusual dual-emissive heteroleptic iridium complexes incorporating TADF cyclometalating ligands.

Carbazole‐Based Tetrapodal Anchor Groups for Gold Surfaces: Synthesis and Conductance Properties (2019)
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As the field of molecular‐scale electronics matures and the prospect of devices incorporating molecular wires becomes more feasible, it is necessary to progress from the simple anchor groups used in fundamental conductance studies to more elaborate a... Read More about Carbazole‐Based Tetrapodal Anchor Groups for Gold Surfaces: Synthesis and Conductance Properties.

Formation of Two-Dimensional Micelles on Graphene: Multi-Scale Theoretical and Experimental Study (2017)
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Graphene and related two-dimensional (2D) materials possess outstanding electronic and mechanical properties, chemical stability, and high surface area. However, to realize graphene’s potential for a range of applications in materials science and nan... Read More about Formation of Two-Dimensional Micelles on Graphene: Multi-Scale Theoretical and Experimental Study.

Key role of the linker in pyrene-linker-carboxylate surfactants for the efficient aqueous dispersion of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (2015)
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This study establishes that the structure of the linker group between the hydrophobic and hydrophilic units in the new surfactants 1–13 plays an important role in the dispersibility of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) in water. The systematic var... Read More about Key role of the linker in pyrene-linker-carboxylate surfactants for the efficient aqueous dispersion of multiwalled carbon nanotubes.

Reversible Thermal Switching of Aqueous Dispersibility of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes (2015)
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Easily reversible aqueous dispersion/precipitation of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) has been demonstrated using small-molecule non-ionic pyrene-based surfactants, which exhibit lower critical solution temperature (LCST) phase behaviour. The MW... Read More about Reversible Thermal Switching of Aqueous Dispersibility of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes.