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ArticleNature communications2025

Atomically precise construction of uniform single-molecule junctions for molecular electronics.

Mingyao Li, Bing Yin, Boyu Wang, Weilin Hu, Jie Cheng, Chunyan Gao, Zezhou Li, Yang Xu, Chen Yang, Xinmiao Xie and 10 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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20 authors.

Mingyao Li *Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, National Biomedical Imaging Centre, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0930-3414
Bing Yin *Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, National Biomedical Imaging Centre, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Boyu Wang *Centre of Single-Molecule Sciences, Institute of Modern Optics, Frontiers Science Centre for New Organic Matter, College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.
Weilin HuBeijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, National Biomedical Imaging Centre, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Jie ChengKey Laboratory of Synthetic and Self-Assembly Chemistry for Organic Functional Molecules, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Chunyan GaoCentre of Single-Molecule Sciences, Institute of Modern Optics, Frontiers Science Centre for New Organic Matter, College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.
Zezhou LiBeijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, National Biomedical Imaging Centre, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-4059-4889
Yang XuSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Chen YangBeijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, National Biomedical Imaging Centre, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Xinmiao XieBeijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, National Biomedical Imaging Centre, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Jie GuoCentre of Single-Molecule Sciences, Institute of Modern Optics, Frontiers Science Centre for New Organic Matter, College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.
Cong ZhaoCentre of Single-Molecule Sciences, Institute of Modern Optics, Frontiers Science Centre for New Organic Matter, College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.
Jinying WangCentre of Single-Molecule Sciences, Institute of Modern Optics, Frontiers Science Centre for New Organic Matter, College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.
Xike GaoKey Laboratory of Synthetic and Self-Assembly Chemistry for Organic Functional Molecules, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Yanfeng ZhangSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1319-3270
Jihan ZhouBeijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, National Biomedical Imaging Centre, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-8069-0356
Zhiheng YangBeijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, National Biomedical Imaging Centre, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Agostino MiglioreDepartment of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, Via Marzolo 1, Padova, Italy. agostino.migliore@unipd.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7780-2296
Chuancheng JiaCentre of Single-Molecule Sciences, Institute of Modern Optics, Frontiers Science Centre for New Organic Matter, College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, China. jiacc@nankai.edu.cn.
Xuefeng GuoBeijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, National Biomedical Imaging Centre, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China. guoxf@pku.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5723-8528

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atomically precise construction of ultra-small electronic devices meets the urgent need for further device miniaturisation and enables numerous electronic applications. In particular, single-molecule junctions are attractive because they serve as platforms for studying fundamental scientific laws at the single-molecule level and can be used to build functional devices. Here, we present a robust methodology using anisotropic hydrogen plasma etching of graphene and in situ Friedel-Crafts acylation reaction to construct, with atomic precision, uniform covalently bonded graphene-molecule-graphene (GMG) single-molecule junctions with clear zigzag graphene edges. Applying the methodology to an azulene-type molecule, stable GMG single-molecule junctions are constructed with high yield (~82%) and high uniformity (~1.56% conductance variance over 60 devices). The reliability of the platform is shown via real-time and direct electrical monitoring of the three-level conductance fluctuation of an individual azulene molecule. This work demonstrates a universal single-molecule platform that offers countless opportunities to reveal intrinsic molecular properties and build high-performance functional molecular nanocircuits.

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