Current–voltage characteristics of single-molecule diarylethene junctions measured with adjustable gold electrodes in solution

• Bernd M. Briechle,
• Youngsang Kim,
• Philipp Ehrenreich,
• Artur Erbe,
• Dmytro Sysoiev,
• Thomas Huhn,
• Ulrich Groth and
• Elke Scheer

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 798–808, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.89

• (MCBJs) [5][12] and modified STM [26] techniques were applied to create single-molecular junctions. It has been argued that strong electronic coupling between electrodes and the switching core may block the switching procedure [5][27][28][29]. This strong coupling is supposed to be enhanced by the

Focused electron beam induced deposition: A perspective

• Michael Huth,
• Fabrizio Porrati,
• Christian Schwalb,
• Marcel Winhold,
• Roland Sachser,
• Maja Dukic,
• Jonathan Adams and
• Georg Fantner

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 597–619, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.70

• microstructure is most interesting for basic research on nanogranular metals as artificial nanosolids, in particular if the electronic coupling strength between the metallic grains can be tuned through the insulator-to-metal transition. The exact nature of this transition in three spatial dimensions is not known

• dielectric matrix, which are subject to an intergranular electronic coupling due to a finite tunneling probability between the crystallites or grains. The binary systems Pt–Si and Pt–Co discussed previously fall into this class. For nanogranular materials the semiclassical approach of Boltzmann transport

When “small” terms matter: Coupled interference features in the transport properties of cross-conjugated molecules

• Gemma C. Solomon,
• Justin P. Bergfield,
• Charles A. Stafford and
• Mark A. Ratner

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 862–871, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.95

• “through-space”. In these calculations only the nearest-neighbor tunneling elements are included in the electronic coupling. Notice that the node splitting is symmetric about E = EF . Acknowledgements The research leading to these results received funding from the European Research Council under the

Self-assembled monolayers and titanium dioxide: From surface patterning to potential applications

• Yaron Paz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 845–861, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.94

Direct monitoring of opto-mechanical switching of self-assembled monolayer films containing the azobenzene group

• Einat Tirosh,
• Enrico Benassi,
• Silvio Pipolo,
• Marcel Mayor,
• Michal Valášek,
• Veronica Frydman,
• Stefano Corni and
• Sidney R. Cohen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 834–844, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.93

• , which is governed by several effects including the stiffness of the molecular bond itself, as well as steric effects, electronic coupling, and film structure. Single-molecule force microscopy was used to monitor the mechanical and structural changes in the cis↔trans transition of individual azo

Optical properties of fully conjugated cyclo[n]thiophenes – An experimental and theoretical approach

• Elena Mena-Osteritz,
• Fan Zhang,
• Günther Götz,
• Peter Reineker and
• Peter Bäuerle

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 720–726, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.78

• they correlate the monomer transition energy (ω0), the magnitude of the electronic coupling between the thiophene monomers in the macromolecules (J), and the extent of the delocalized π-conjugated system [17]. Experimental The solutions were freshly prepared with chloroform (Merck, UVASOL). UV–vis

• linear ω0 parameter to the two cyclic series, using it as a fixed value in the fitting and comparing the obtained coupling constants. These amount to JI = 1.355 eV and JII = 1.388 eV and reveal a slightly better electronic coupling for macrocycles of series II and therefore a reduced transition energy