Single Molecule Conductivity

18. Chemical Modulation of Charge Transport Perpendicular to the Molecular Plane
Parisa Yasini, Stuart Shepard, Manuel Smeu, and Eric Borguet
Journal of Physical Chemistry C 128 (29) 12178–12185 (2024) 

17. Steric effects on single-molecule conductance in flat-lying phenanthrene
Kevin Batzinger, Qinghai Zhou, Xiang Ye, Shengxiong Xiao, Eric Borguet, and Manuel Smeu
Chemistry – A European Journal 30 (34), e202400422 (2024)
DOI:10.1002/chem.202400422

16. Modulation of Charge Transport through Single Molecules Induced by Solvent-Stabilized Intramolecular Charge Transfer
Parisa Yasini, Stuart Shepard, Manuel Smeu, and Eric Borguet
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 127 (45), 9771–9780 (2023)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c03576

15. Combined Impact of Denticity and Orientation on Molecular-Scale Charge Transport
Parisa Yasini, Stuart Shepard, Tim Albrecht, Manuel Smeu and Eric Borguet
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 124 (17), 9460-9469 (2020)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b10566                                                                                                                                                   Supporting Information

 

14. Anisotropic conductivity at the single molecule scale
Sepideh Afsari, Parisa Yasini, Haowei Peng, John Perdew and Eric Borguet, Angewandte Chemie
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 58 (40), 14275-14280, (2019) 
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201903898   (featured on Angewandte Chemie International Edition cover)                                     Supporting Information

13. Potential-induced high-conductance transport pathways through single-molecule junctions
Parisa Yasini, Sepideh Afsari, Haowei Peng, Piret Pikma, John Perdew, Eric Borguet
The Journal of the American Chemical Society 141, 10109-10116 (2019)
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b05448 (featured on JACS cover)                                                                                                          Supporting Information

12. Towards Graphyne Molecular Electronics
Zhihai Li, Manuel Smeu, Arnaud Rives, Valerie Maraval, Remi Chauvin, Mark A. Ratner, and Eric Borguet.
Nature Communications 6:6321 (2015).
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7321                                                                                                                                                        Supporting Information

11. Hapticity-Dependent Charge Transport through Carbodithioate- Terminated [5, 15- Bis (phenylethynyl) porphinato] zinc (II) Complexes in Metal-Molecule-Metal Junctions
Zhihai Li, Manuel Smeu, Tae-Hong Park, Jeff Rawson, Yangjun Xing, Michael Therien, Mark Ratner, and Eric Borguet.
Nano Letters. 14 (10), 5493-5499 (2014).

DOI: 10.1021/nl502466a                                                                                                                                                            Supporting Information

10. Orientation-Controlled Single Molecule Junctions
Sepideh Afsari Mamaghani, Zhihai Li, and Eric Borguet.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 53 (37), 9771-9774 (2014).
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201402343                                                                                                                                                 Supporting Information

9. Regulating a Benzodifuran Single Molecule Redox Switch via Electrochemical Gating and Optimization of Molecule/Electrode Coupling
Zhihai Li, Hui Li, Songjie Chen, Toni Froehlich, Christian Schönenberger, Michel Calame, Silvio Decurtins, Shi-Xia Liu, and Eric Borguet.
Journal of the American Chemical Society 136, 25 8867-8870 (2014).
DOI: 10.1021/ja5034606
                                                                                                                                                             Supporting Information

8. Single-Molecule Sensing of Environmental pH-an STM Break Junction and NEGF-DFT Approach
Zhihai Li, Manuel Smeu, Sepideh A. Mamaghani, Yangjun Xing, Mark A. Ratner, and Eric Borguet
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 53 (4), 1098-1102 (2014)
DOI:10.1002/anie.201308398 (featured on Angewandte Chemie International Edition cover)                                       Supporting Information

7. The Single-Molecule Conductance and Electrochemical Electron-Transfer Rate Are Related by a Power Law
Emil Wierzbinski, Ravindra Venkatramani, Kathryn L. Davis, Silvia Bezer, Jing Kong, Yangjun Xing , Eric Borguet , Catalina Achim, David N. Beratan, and David H. Waldeck
American Chemical Society NANO, 7 (6), 5391-5401 (2013).
DOI: 10.1021/nn401321k                                                                                                                                                             Supporting Information

6. Effect of Anchoring Groups on Single Molecule Charge Transport through Porphyrins
Zhihai Li, Manuel Smeu, Mark Ratner, and Eric Borguet
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 117 (29), 14890-14898 (2013)
DOI: 10.21/jp309871d

5. Quasi Ohmic Single Molecule Charge Transport through Highly Conjugated Meso-to-Meso Ethyne-Bridged Porphyrin Wires
Zhihai LI, Tae-Hong Park, Jeff Rawson, Michael J. Therien, and Eric Borguet
Nano Letters, 12 (6), 2722-2727 (2012)
DOI: 10.1021/nl2043216                                                                                                                                                              Supporting Information

4. Determining Charge Transfer Pathways through Single Porphyrin Molecules Using STM Break Junctions
Zhihai Li, and Eric Borguet.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134 (1), 63-66 (2012).
DOI: 10.1021/ja208600v

Press Coverage

3. Optimizing Single-Molecule Conductivity of Conjugated Organic Oligomers with Conjugated Carbodithioate Linkers
Yangjun Xing, Tae-Hong Park, Ravindra Venkatramani, Shahar Keinan, David N. Beratan, Michael J. Therien, and Eric Borguet
Journal of the American Chemical Society 132 (23), 7946-7956 (2010).
DOI: 10.1021/ja909559m                                                                                                                                                           Supporting Information

2. Charge Transfer through Single Stranded Peptide Nucleic Acid Composed of Thymine Nucleotides
Amit Paul, Richard M. Watson, Paul Lund, Yangjun Xing, Kathleen Burke, Yufan He, Eric Borguet, Catalina Achim, David H. Waldeck
Journal of Physical Chemistry C,112 (18), 7233-7240 (2008).
DOI: 10.1021/jp711764q                                                                                                                                                          Supporting Information

1. Conjugated Thiol Linker for Enhanced Electrical Conduction of Gold-Molecule Contacts
A.V. Tivanski, Yufan He, Eric Borguet, H. Liu, G.C. Walker, David H.Waldeck
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 109(12), 5398-5402 (2005).
DOI: 10.1021/jp050022d                                                                                                                                                           Supporting Information