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ArticleNature nanotechnology2026

Self-assembled contacts for high-yield molecular devices.

Sarah O Spector, Peter F Satterthwaite, Maxwell Conte, Teddy Hsieh, Eduard O Bobylev, Kieran Dunn, Weikun Zhu, Jinwoo Sim, Jeremiah A Johnson, Farnaz Niroui

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Article in Nature nanotechnology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Molecules under controlled collapse.Nature nanotechnology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Sarah O Spector *Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2877-1440
Peter F Satterthwaite *Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5869-6176
Maxwell ConteResearch Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8202-7431
Teddy HsiehDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Eduard O BobylevDepartment of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Kieran DunnDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Weikun ZhuResearch Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0828-3645
Jinwoo SimDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Jeremiah A JohnsonDepartment of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9157-6491
Farnaz NirouiDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. fniroui@mit.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2332-2657

Funding

United States Department of Defense | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) D22AP00150-04
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With their atomic precision and synthetically tailorable properties, molecules offer new possibilities for emerging computing, sensing, optical and quantum technologies. However, the scalable, damage-free integration of molecules into active devices with atomic-scale control remains a critical challenge due to incompatibility with existing top-down fabrication processes. Here we introduce self-assembled contacts, a strategy in which device structures are first fabricated using standard semiconductor manufacturing processes and subsequently transformed through engineered surface interactions to form self-aligned, pristine interfaces with molecules. We validate this approach by fabricating over 1,000 electrically active metal-molecule-metal devices with yields of up to 99% and stable operation over 10

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