金属/分子/金属结的电子输运机理与表征

金属/分子/金属结是分子电子学中的基本单元.根据电子的相位是否发生改变,分子结中的电子输运可以分为相干输运和非相干输运两类.在实验上,分子结的表征方法可以分为电学性质表征和非电学性质表征两类.本文借助能级图,首先对分子结的电子输运机理作了简明解释.在此基础上,结合文献报道和本课题组此前的工作,对分子结的一些常用电学表征方法,包括电流-电压特性曲线、电流-时间曲线、电导统计柱状图、转变电压谱、散粒噪声测试、非弹性电子隧道谱和热电效应法进行了介绍.     

基于镓铟合金电极的单分子层电输运研究进展

有机分子层的电输运特性是分子电子学研究的重要问题.镓铟合金电极技术具有成结率高、可靠性好及操作简便等优点,近年来已成为测量单分子层电输运的常用表征手段.本文介绍了镓铟合金电极技术的基本原理及测试方法,综述了该技术所带来的一些前沿成果,并对其目前存在的优势、缺点及未来发展前景进行了分析.     

自组装单分子膜功能器件

分子尺度电子学是利用单个分子或分子单层组装体作为活性单元来实现电子学功能的一门前沿科学领域.基于自组装单分子膜(SAMs)的分子器件在分子电子学的实用化道路上具有很大的发展潜力与应用前景.目前,SAMs功能器件的研究仍处于起步阶段,其性能还有很大提升空间.本文首先评述了SAMs器件的构筑方法,针对直接蒸镀金属顶电极会对SAMs造成破坏的问题,介绍了3类软接触电极,包括液态金属、导电高分子和石墨烯顶电极;然后以固态光开关器件为例介绍了近年来功能器件上的一些新进展,分子优化设计对于提升器件响应活性具有重要意义;同时总结了共轭聚合物SAMs器件的制备方法和性能,通过合理的结构设计,共轭聚合物能进行电荷的长程输运,并有望提供比小分子更优异的光电功能;最后讨论和展望了未来的发展方向.     

分子纳米技术与金属有机分子纳米体系

基于超分子自组装的分子纳米技术是一种新兴的高新技术。本文从金属矢量操纵的自组装分子纳米体系、自组装的纳米微反应器与超分子催化和自组装金属超分子高分子纳米材料等三个方面评述了分子纳米技术及其在构筑金属有机分子纳米体系中的发展现状 ,进一步阐述了“金属矢量”的概念 ,并首次提出建立“自组装子工具箱” ,探讨了分子纳米技术的发展方向。     

金属-超分子聚合物的合成,结构与应用

金属-起分子聚合物(超分子配位聚合物)是重复单元经配价键相互作用连接在一起的阵列,可由有机高分子配体和金属离子自组装形成具有多样化的几何形状和拓扑结构：线性主链均聚物、嵌段共聚物、接枝共聚物、交联聚合物、金属树枝体、栅格阵列和拓扑结构,并可对无机和金属纳米粒子进行表面修饰。金属-超分子聚合物可在光电子信息、催化、生物医用、分子器件、纳米技术等领域广泛应用。综述了金属-超分子聚合物的合成与机理、结构、性能和应用。     

自组装分子电子器件

自组装技术是解决有机功能分子与电极连接问题最有希望的技术之一,近-来在构筑分子电子器件中得到了越来越多的应用,成为分子电子学发展的一个重要方向.本文介绍了自组装技术在制备分子器件中的应用.并讨论了自组装分子器件的前景和面临的一些问题.     

基于纳米间隔电极对的DNA分子结电输运的研究进展

脱氧核糖核酸分子是一类重要的生物分子, 在生物医学领域之外, 该类分子还因为其所具有的独特的双螺旋结构以及长程输运能力, 在分子电子学领域也引起了研究者的极大兴趣. 本文综述了近年来基于纳米间隔电极对构筑分子结这一研究范式, 在构筑脱氧核糖核酸分子结以及研究后者的电输运性质等方面的研究进展. 依据研究者所采用的不同纳米间隔电极对构筑技术, 主要围绕裂结法和切割法两大类研究方法所展开. 前者主要包括扫描隧道显微镜裂结法、导电原子力显微镜法、机械可控裂结法, 后者则主要包括碳纳米管切割法、石墨烯切割法、硅纳米线切割法. 在梳理不同实验方法的发展脉络、比较不同实验方法的各自特点的基础上, 对一些具有代表性的关于脱氧核糖核酸分子结的研究工作进行了重点介绍, 探讨了脱氧核糖核酸分子结所具有的与常规小分子体系所不同的特殊电学性质, 同时对该领域的未来发展进行了展望.     

骨架具有金属-金属键的链状分子研究进展

以金属-金属键为骨架的链状分子,具有离域的σ电子,由于其特殊的光、电、磁及催化性能,引起了科学家们的广泛关注。本文根据金属-金属成键的方式,对近年来报道的金属链状分子进行了综述。文中总结了三大类型的金属链状分子:金属聚合物聚锡和聚锗、非配体桥连的过渡金属-金属键骨架链状分子以及多吡啶胺配体支撑的多核过渡金属-金属键骨架链状分子。最后对金属-金属键骨架链状分子结构进行了展望,为设计新型功能分子材料提供了思路。     

氢键对分子器件电学特性的影响

利用密度泛函理论和弹性散射格林函数方法,研究了被不同官能团取代后的联苯分子的电输运特性.计算结果表明,由于氢键的影响,使得分子的电子结构发生了变化,特别是对电子在分子结内的跃迁几率影响较大,从而直接影响了分子器件的伏安特性.     

含吡啶基金属-超分子聚合物研究进展

金属-超分子聚合物是由金属离子与配体之间的相互作用形成的,是一类具有多样化几何构造和拓扑结构的新型功能高分子,它包括线型、接枝、交联、树枝等多种骨架结构.金属-超分子聚合物具有光、电、磁等特性,因此潜在的应用前景非常广阔,不仅可以在生物医用、分子器件、纳米材料,还可以在催化化学反应及吸附储氢等领域获得应用.由于吡啶基团为常用配体,且近年含吡啶基团的金属-超分子聚合物研究最为广泛,最为代表性,因此,本文以聚合物结构分类对近几年含吡啶基团的金属-超分子聚合物的研究进展作了简要综述.     

二茂铁自组装分子结中电荷隧穿与跳跃传输的机理研究

采用硫醇自组装单层膜结合悬浮纳米线技术制备了分子结器件, 对比研究了非电活性的1-十一烷基硫醇(C11)和电活性的二茂铁己硫醇(FHT)分子结的电荷传输特性. 结合两种传输机理, 提出一种新的模型拟合了分子结的电流-电压特性, 发现了氧化还原活性中心二茂铁(Ferrocene, Fc)可以使电荷传输机理由隧穿变成隧穿与跳跃共存. 结合变温实验验证了这一机理, 并对这种混合机理出现的原因进行了分析.     

Sequence modulation of tunneling barrier and charge transport across histidine doped oligo-alanine molecular junctions

Series tunneling across peptides composed of various amino acids is one of the main charge transport mechanisms for realizing the function of protein. Histidine, more frequently found in redox active proteins, has been proved to be efficient tunneling mediator. While how it exactly modulates charge transport in a long peptide sequence remains poorly explored. In this work, we studied charge transport of a model peptide junction, where oligo-alanine peptide was doped by histidine at different position, and the series of peptides were self-assembled into a monolayer on gold electrode with soft EGaIn as top electrode to form molecular junction. It was found that histidine increased the overall conductance of the peptide, meanwhile, its position modulated the conductance as well. Quantitative analysis by transport model and ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS) indicated a sequence dependent energy landscape of the tunneling barrier of the junction. Density-functional theory (DFT) calculation on the electronic structure of histidine doped oligo-alanine peptides revealed localized highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) on imidazole group of the histidine, which decreased charge transport barrier.     

基于裂结技术的单分子尺度化学反应研究进展

分子电子学是研究单分子器件的构筑、性质以及功能调控的一门新兴学科。其中,金属/分子/金属结的构筑和表征是现阶段分子电子学的主要研究内容。裂结技术是当前分子电子学研究的主要实验方法,主要包括机械可控裂结技术和扫描隧道显微镜裂结技术。本文对裂结技术进行了介绍,并对近年来利用这些技术,在单分子尺度化学反应的检测和动力学研究,以及将这些技术与溶液环境、静电场、电化学门控等方法相结合,调控单分子器件的电输运性质等方面所取得的进展进行了概述。     

Replacing AgTSSCH2‐R with AgTSO2C‐R in EGaIn‐Based Tunneling Junctions Does Not Significantly Change Rates of Charge Transport

This paper compares rates of charge transport by tunneling across junctions with the structures Ag^TSX(CH₂)_2nCH₃ //Ga₂O₃ /EGaIn (n=1–8 and X= ? SCH₂? and ? O₂C? ); here Ag^TS is template‐stripped silver, and EGaIn is the eutectic alloy of gallium and indium. Its objective was to compare the tunneling decay coefficient (β, Å^?1) and the injection current (J₀, A cm^?2) of the junctions comprising SAMs of n‐alkanethiolates and n‐alkanoates. Replacing Ag^TSSCH₂‐R with Ag^TSO₂C‐R (R=alkyl chains) had no significant influence on J₀ (ca. 3×10³ A cm^?2) or β (0.75–0.79 Å^?1)—an indication that such changes (both structural and electronic) in the Ag^TSXR interface do not influence the rate of charge transport. A comparison of junctions comprising oligo(phenylene)carboxylates and n‐alkanoates showed, as expected, that β for aliphatic (0.79 Å^?1) and aromatic (0.60 Å^?1) SAMs differed significantly.     

I/V characteristics of a molecular switch

We present a study of the conduction properties of a class of aromatic compounds, whose conformation can be modulated with a transverse electric field, with strong effects on the molecular transport properties. The theoretical method includes the molecule–electrode interaction in a simple, although effective way: the coupling matrix elements are considered independent from the energy of the continuum spectrum of the lead. This results in a simple expression for the molecular Green’s function with a significant simplification in the expression of the transmission function. The effects of the voltage bias on the electronic molecular density is included through a uniform effective electric field. A simplified but accurate method for the evaluation of the molecular response to the field, which spares lengthy computations for each value of the voltage, is presented. The proposed method is calibrated on the widely studied benzene-1,4-dithiol molecule. The calculations on the selected molecular wire (a tetracyano derivative of 4,4′-di(mercaptoethynyl)tolan) show that conductivity is low for perpendicular rings, whereas conduction is allowed for the planar conformation, which corresponds to the equilibrium geometry in the absence of the transverse electric field.     

Molecular Wires in Single‐Molecule Junctions: Charge Transport and Vibrational Excitations

We investigate the effect of vibrations on the electronic transport through single‐molecule junctions, using the mechanically controlled break junction technique. The molecules under investigation are oligoyne chains with appropriate end groups, which represent both an ideally linear electrical wire and an ideal molecular vibrating string. Vibronic features can be detected as satellites to the electronic transitions, which are assigned to longitudinal modes of the string by comparison with density functional theory data.     

Single-chain and monolayered conjugated polymers for molecular electronics

Exploring the charge transport properties and electronic functions of molecules is of primary interest in the area of molecular electronics. Conjugated polymers (CPs) represent an attractive class of molecular candidates, benefiting from their outstanding optoelectronic properties. However, they have been less studied compared with the small-molecule family, mainly due to the difficulties in incorporating CPs into molecular junctions. In this review, we present a summary on how to fabricate CP-based singlechain and monolayered junctions, then discuss the transport behaviors of CPs in different junction architectures and finally introduce the potential applications of CPs in molecular-scale electronic devices. Although the research on CP-based molecular electronics is still at the initial stage, it is widely accepted that (1) CP chains are able to mediate long-range charge transport if their molecular electronic structures are properly designed, which makes them potential molecular wires, and (2) the intrinsic optoelectronic properties of CPs and the possibility of incorporating desirable functionalities by synthetic strategies imply the potential of employing tailor-made polymeric components as alternatives to small molecules for future molecular-scale electronics.