碱金属原子掺杂BDC60分子中整流特性第一性原理研究

利用第一性密度泛函理论和非平衡格林函数相结合的方法,研究了碱金属原子掺杂对BDC60分子电子输运性质的影响.计算结果表明,在极低偏压下碱金属掺杂的BDC60分子能够表现出非常优良的整流性能,同时也展示出显著的负微分电阻行为.根据透射谱和前线分子轨道及其空间分布随外加偏压的变化等方面的分析,系统地讨论了整流以及负微分电阻行为产生的内在机理.我们的研究有助于BDC60分子在未来低偏压整流和负微分电阻分子器件中的应用.     

碱金属原子掺杂BDC60分子中整流特性第一性原理研究

利用第一性密度泛函理论和非平衡格林函数相结合的方法,研究了碱金属原子掺杂对BDC60 分子电子输运性质的影响. 计算结果表明,在极低偏压下碱金属掺杂的BDC60分子能够表现出非常优良的整流性能,同时也展示出显著的负微分电阻行为. 根据透射谱和前线分子轨道及其空间分布随外加偏压的变化等方面的分析,系统地讨论了整流以及负微分电阻行为产生的内在机理. 我们的研究有助于BDC60 分子在未来低偏压整流和负微分电阻分子器件中的应用.     

单分子电子器件概况及其研究进展

分子电子学自诞生之日起迅速发展，已成为一门21世纪的前沿强交叉基础科学，受到了人们的广泛关注。本文概述了分子电子学的发展和研究内容，以及最新研究进展，并对今后的前景进行了展望。     

单分子电子器件电极-分子界面设计和调控

电极-分子接触界面在单分子器件中扮演着至关重要的作用.通过对电极、分子的锚定基团以及电极与分子间作用方式进行设计和调控,可以有效控制电极-分子界面结构和性质,从而影响单分子器件的性能和功能.本文从单分子器件研究的常用技术手段出发,综述单分子器件中常见的电极-分子接触界面类型及构建方式,并进一步阐述机械力、电化学及电场等...     

分子计算机的研究进展*

研制分子计算机也许是突破传统半导体电子计算机发展极限的唯一出路。本文简述了最近十年分子计算机的研究进展, 重点讨论了DNA 计算机和生物分子计算机的研究成果, 并对可能为人类提供思考和尝试范本的生物活细胞中蛋白质的各种计算机制的研究给予了充分的关注。引用了43篇文献。     

电子在有机单分子膜中传递研究的新进展

随着分子电子器件研究的兴起,人们广泛使用诸如表面电化学、微接触滴汞电极、导电探针显微术和“Break-junction”等各种电化学或电学手段,对电子传递过程进行了深人研究。本文评述了有关电子在有机单分子膜传递研究的最新进展,同时介绍了与此相关的理论。     

电场作用下分子导线的理论研究

摘要利用从头计算法分别在HF/6-31G, HF/6-31G*, HF/6-31G**, HF/6-31+G, HF/6-31++G, HF/6-31+G*, HF/6-31+G**, HF/D95+*, B3LYP/6-31G*和B3LYP/6-31+G*水平上计算了5个单体的聚乙炔分子导线, 从几何构型、 SCF能量和分子轨道能级三个方面讨论了外电场对分子导线的影响, 给出了聚乙炔分子导线性质与外电场变化的定量关系.     

卟啉类化合物分子光电器件研究进展

分子电子器件是未来分子电路的微电子元件,已成为有机功能纳米材料研究的热点。 卟啉类化合物的π共轭体系表现出的独特光电性能和良好的热稳定性,使其作为光电器件、模拟生物酶、分子识别和传感材料在材料化学、医学、生物化学和分析化学等领域展现出良好的应用前景,由于卟啉分子平面结构的易修饰性,常用卟啉化合物组装单元来构建功能化的卟啉光电器件。 本文综述了卟啉类化合物的特点及其在光电器件中的应用进展。     

基于混合自组装单分子层的可控分子整流

基于自组装单分子层(SAM)的分子器件的性能取决于分子层的超分子结构. 而混合自组装单分子层是一种简便易行的调控单分子层组成和结构的方法. 将具有整流特性的11-二茂铁基-1-十一烷基硫醇(FUT)和惰性1-十一烷硫醇(C11-SH)通过溶液共混制备了混合单分子层, 并用液态EGaIn作为顶电极研究了SAM器件的性质. C11-SH与FUT分子的比例可以调节器件的整流性能: 随着惰性C11-SH分子比例增高, SAM器件的整流比逐渐降低. 有趣的是, 当惰性C11-SH的比例小于20%时, 器件的整流性能反而随C11-SH的加入而得到了提升. 这是由于少量C11-SH分子减弱了由二茂铁分子的排列缺陷引起的漏电流, 改善了分子器件的稳定性和重现性, 为单分子层器件的性能调控提供了一种简便有效的方法.     

分子旋转对分子器件电子输运性质的影响

利用基于非平衡格林函数和密度泛函理论相结合的第一性原理计算方法,研究了一种可旋转分子跨接在金电极上的电子输运性质。计算结果表明:分子中的转子与定子间的旋转角度可以有效调控分子器件的电子输运性质。当夹角从30°变化到150°,分子器件的导电性呈现出增强、减弱的震荡变化。此外,当夹角变化到90°,分子器件的电流电压曲线打破其他角度呈现的线性变化特性,其电流值在2.4 V以后随着电压的增大而减小,表现出强烈的负微分电阻效应。     

Electronic Modulation of the SOMO–HOMO Energy Gap in Iron(III) Complexes towards Unimolecular Current Rectification

Amphiphilic five‐coordinate iron(III) complexes with {N₂O₂Cl} and {N₂O₃} coordination spheres are studied to elucidate the roles of electronic structure on the mechanisms for current rectification. The presence of an apical chlorido or phenolato ligand plays a crucial role, and the [Fe^III{N₂O₂Cl}] species supports an asymmetric mechanism while its [Fe^III{N₂O₃}] counterpart seems to allow for unimolecular mechanism. The effects of electron‐donating and electron‐withdrawing substituents in the ligand frameworks are also considered.     

The Mechanisms of Rectification in Au|Molecule|Au Devices Based on Langmuir–Blodgett Monolayers of Iron(III) and Copper(II) Surfactants

Langmuir–Blodgett films of metallosurfactants were used in Au|molecule|Au devices to investigate the mechanisms of current rectification.     

Plugging a Molecular Wire into Photosystem I: Reconstitution of the Photoelectric Conversion System on a Gold Electrode

Plug and play : Photoinduced electron transfer occurs from photoexcited P700 in photosystem I (PSI) to a gold surface (see picture). A novel molecular connector system is used, in which an artificial molecular wire, which is assembled on the gold surface, was plugged into PSI by reconstitution. Analysis of the photoelectron transfer kinetics proved both the output of electrons from PSI and the effectiveness of the molecular wire.

     

Electron Transport and Redox Reactions in Molecular Electronic Junctions

Electron transport through single molecules or collections of molecules oriented in parallel can occur by several mechanisms, including coherent tunneling, activated transfer between potential wells, various “hopping” modes, etc. Given suitable energy levels and sufficiently long charge transport times, reduction or oxidation with accompanying nuclear reorganization can occur to generate “polarons”, that is, localized redox centers in the molecule or monolayer. Redox events in molecular junctions are amenable to spectroscopic monitoring in working devices, and can have major effects on the electronic behavior of the junction. Several examples are presented, along with a possible application to molecular memory.     

Electron Transfer around a Molecular Corner

The distance dependence of electron transfer (ET) is commonly investigated in linear rigid rod‐like compounds, but studies of molecular wires with integrated corners imposing 90° angles are very rare. By using spirobifluorene as a key bridging element and by substituting it at different positions, two isomeric series of donor‐bridge‐acceptor compounds with either nearly linear or angled geometries were obtained. Photoinduced ET in both series is dominated by rapid through‐bond hole hopping across oligofluorene bridges over distances of up to 70 Å. Despite considerable conformational flexibility, direct through‐space and through‐solvent ET is negligible even in the angled series. The independence of the ET rate constant on the total number of fluorene units in the angled series is attributed to a rate‐limiting tunneling step through the spirobifluorene corner. This finding is relevant for multidimensional ET systems and grids in which individual molecular wires are interlinked at 90° angles.     

The First Heteropentanuclear Extended Metal‐Atom Chain: [Ni+Ru25+Ni2+Ni2+(tripyridyldiamido)4(NCS)2]

This study develops the first heteropentametal extended metal atom chain (EMAC) in which a string of nickel cores is incorporated with a diruthenium unit to tune the molecular properties. Spectroscopic, crystallographic, and magnetic characterizations show the formation of a fully delocalized Ru₂⁵⁺ unit. This [Ru₂]‐containing EMAC exhibits single‐molecule conductance four‐fold superior to that of the pentanickel complex and results in features of negative differential resistance (NDR), which are unobserved in analogues of pentanickel and pentaruthenium EMACs. A plausible mechanism for the NDR behavior is proposed for this diruthenium‐modulated EMAC.     

Processing energy and signals by molecular and supramolecular systems

Any kind of device or machine requires a substrate, energy, and information signals. If we wish to operate at the nanometer scale, we must use molecules as substrates. Energy- and signal-processing at a molecular level relies on cause/effect relationships between the input supplied and the kind of process obtained. We have classified energy- and signal-processing at the molecular level according to the nature of the input (electronic, photonic, or chemical) and the nature of the obtained effect (electronic, photonic, or chemical process that follows). By coupling the three kinds of inputs with the three types of resulting processes, nine types of molecular-based processes (electronic, photonic, chemionic, electrophotonic, electrochemionic, photoelectronic, photochemionic, chemiophotonic, and chemioelectronic) can be identified. In this concept article, looking at molecular transformations in an unconventional way, we have tried to give a flavor of some of the new features that project the old science of chemistry towards novel achievements.     

First Principle Study on the Rectification of Molecular Junctions Based on the Thiol-ended Oligosilane

The electron transport properties of various molecular junctions based on the thiol-ended oligosilane are investigated through density functional theory combined with non-equilibrium Green's function formalism. Our calculations show that oligosilanes doped by the phenyl and-C10H6 groups demonstrate better rectifying effect and their rectification ratios are up to 15.41 and 65.13 for their molecular junctions. The current-voltage(I-V) curves of all the Au/ modified oligosilane/Au systems in this work are illustrated by frontier molecular orbitals, transmission spectra and density of states under zero bias. And their rectifying behaviors are analyzed through transmission spectra.