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Molecular Design towards Controlling Charge Transport
Author(s) -
Awais Mohammad Ahmad,
Cai Zhengxu,
Zhang Na,
Yu Luping
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201803054
Subject(s) - molecular electronics , electronics , charge (physics) , nanotechnology , organic electronics , organic molecules , task (project management) , field (mathematics) , molecule , materials science , computer science , chemical physics , engineering physics , electrical engineering , chemistry , systems engineering , engineering , physics , transistor , voltage , quantum mechanics , mathematics , pure mathematics
Organic electronics generally deals with bulk, statistically averaged electrical properties of organic materials. Single‐molecule electronic devices can then be viewed as linkers to these bulk properties. However, controlling charge transport in single‐molecule systems still remains a formidable task and has prevented proliferation of these systems from research laboratories to household electronics. This Concept article provides a general overview of the recent advances made by our group in the field. We will describe several concepts in designing molecular functions towards controlling charge transport through molecular systems. It should be noted, however, that this Concept article is by no means comprehensive and readers should look elsewhere for a more comprehensive picture of molecular electronics.