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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2020

A Chemically Soldered Polyoxometalate Single-Molecule Transistor.

Chuanli Wu, Xiaohang Qiao, Craig M Robertson, Simon J Higgins, Chenxin Cai, Richard J Nichols, Andrea Vezzoli

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Single-Molecule Junction Formation in Deep Eutectic Solvents with Highly Effective Gate Coupling.The journal of physical chemistry. C, Nanomaterials and interfaces · 2023
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  9. Electrochemically controlled rectification in symmetric single-molecule junctions.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022
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  12. TiOBeilstein journal of nanotechnology · 2021
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  13. A Chemically Soldered Polyoxometalate Single-Molecule Transistor.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Chuanli WuDepartment of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK.
Xiaohang QiaoDepartment of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK.
Craig M RobertsonDepartment of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4789-7607
Simon J HigginsDepartment of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3518-9061
Chenxin CaiSchool of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China.
Richard J NicholsDepartment of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1446-8275
Andrea VezzoliDepartment of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8059-0113

Funding

China Scholarship Council 201804640023Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/M005046/1Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/M014169/1Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/M029522/1Royal Society URF\R1\191241
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polyoxometalates have been proposed in the literature as nanoelectronic components, where they could offer key advantages with their structural versatility and rich electrochemistry. Apart from a few studies on their ensemble behaviour (as monolayers or thin films), this potential remains largely unexplored. We synthesised a pyridyl-capped Anderson-Evans polyoxometalate and used it to fabricate single-molecule junctions, using the organic termini to chemically "solder" a single cluster to two nanoelectrodes. Operating the device in an electrochemical environment allowed us to probe charge transport through different oxidation states of the polyoxometalate, and we report here an efficient three-state transistor behaviour. Conductance data fits a quantum tunnelling mechanism with different charge-transport probabilities through different charge states. Our results show the promise of polyoxometalates in nanoelectronics and give an insight on their single-entity electrochemical behaviour.

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charge transferelectrochemical transistormolecular devicesmolecular electronicspolyoxometalates

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PMID32271489
PMCPMC7383859

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