Publications

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Preprints @ ChemRxiv

2024

Halide Adsorption Influences Snapback Distance in Scanning Tunnelling Microscope Break Junctions

C. Huo, A. Vezzoli, N. Vasiljevic, W. Schwarzacher
Electrochemistry Communications 2024
Article

Single-Molecule Mechanoresistivity by Intermetallic Bonding

A. Sil, C. E. Spano, Y. J. Chelli, S. J. Higgins, S. Sangtarash, G. Piccinini, M. Graziano, R. J. Nichols, H. Sadeghi, A. Vezzoli
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2024
Article - Preprint
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Zero-Bias Anti-Ohmic Behaviour in Diradicaloid Molecular Wires

A. Sil, L. Hamilton, J. M. F. Morris, A. H. S. Daaoub, J. H. H. Burrows, C. M. Robertson, K. Luzyanin, S. J. Higgins, H. Sadeghi, R. J. Nichols, S. Sangtarash, A. Vezzoli
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2024
Article - Preprint
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→ Included in the Wiley-VCH Hot Topic: Organic Electronics collection.


A Systematic Study of Methyl Carbodithioate Esters as Effective Gold Contact Groups for Single-Molecule Electronics

J. S. Ward, A. Vezzoli, C. Wells, S. Bailey, S. P. Jarvis, C. J. Lambert, C. M. Robertson, R. J. Nichols, S. J. Higgins
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2024
Article - Preprint
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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Chemical Shift as a Probe for Single-Molecule Charge Transport

X. Qiao, A. Sil, S. Sangtarash, S. M. Smith, C. Wu, C. M. Robertson, R. J. Nichols, S. J. Higgins, H. Sadeghi & A. Vezzoli
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2024
Article - Preprint


Thermal Nanoconversion of Ferromagnetic Nanoislands

O. J. Barker, A. Mohammadi-Motlagh, A. J. Wright, R. Batty, H. Finch, A. Vezzoli, P. S. Keatley & L. O'Brien
Applied Physics Letters 2024
Article

Mechanical Manipulation of Quantum Interference in Single-Molecule Junctions

A. Sil, M. Alsaqer, C. E. Spano, A. Larbi, S. J. Higgins, C. M. Robertson, M. Graziano, S. Sangtarash, R. J. Nichols, H. Sadeghi & A. Vezzoli
Small 2024
Article - Preprint


An Orthogonal Conductance Pathway in Spiropyrans for Well-Defined Electrosteric Switching Single-Molecule Junctions

D. Jago, C. Liu, A. H. S. Daaoub, E. Gaschk, M. C. Walkey, T. Pulbrook, X. Qiao, A. N. Sobolev, S. Moggach, D. C. Milan, S. J. Higgins, M. J. Piggott, H. Sadeghi, R. J. Nichols, S. Sangtarash, A. Vezzoli & G. A. Koutsantonis
Small 2023
Article

2023

Connectivity-Dependent Conductance of 2,2′-Bipyridine-Based Metal Complexes

Y. Chelli, N. Ferri, A. Vezzoli, R. J. Davidson, J. M. F. Morris, R. J. Nichols, S. J. Higgins, S. Sangtarash, H. Sadeghi, D. S. Yufit & A. Beeby
ACS Omega 2023
Article

Single-Molecule Conductance Behavior of Molecular Bundles

A. Bara-Estaun, I. J. Planje, R. Almughatawi, S. Naghibi, A. Vezzoli, D. C. Milan, C. Lambert, S. Martin, P. Cea, R. J. Nichols, S. J. Higgins, D. S. Yufit, S. Sangtarash, R. J. Davidson & A. Beeby
Inorganic Chemistry 2023
Article

Electron affinity of metal oxide thin films of TiO2, ZnO, and NiO and their applicability in 28.3 THz rectenna devices

S. B. Tekin, S. Almalki, H. Finch, A. Vezzoli, L. O'Brien, V. R. Dhanak, S. Hall & I. Z. Mitrovic
Journal of Applied Physics 2023
Article

Single-Molecule Junction Formation in Deep Eutectic Solvents with Highly Effective Gate Coupling

X. Qiao, A. Vezzoli, S. Smith, S. J. Higgins, R. J. Davidson, A. Beeby & R. J. Nichols
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2023
Article


Evaluation of the 5-ethynyl-1,3,3-trimethyl-3H-indole ligand for molecular materials applications

D. Jago, D. C. Milan, A. Sobolev, S. J. Higgins, A. Vezzoli, R. J. Nichols & G. Koutsantonis
Australian Journal of Chemistry 2023
Article

Sheathed Molecular Junctions for Unambiguous Determination of Charge-Transport Properties

L. Herrer, S. Naghibi, I. Marin, J. S. Ward, J. M. Bonastre, S. J. Higgins, S. Martin, A. Vezzoli, R. J. Nichols, J. L. Serrano & P. Cea
Advanced Materials Interfaces 2023
Article
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Not So Innocent After All: Interfacial Chemistry Determines Charge-Transport Efficiency in Single-Molecule Junctions

A. Daaoub, J. M. F. Morris, V. A. Béland, P. Demay-Drouhard, A. Hussein, S. J. Higgins, H. Sadeghi, R. J. Nichols, A. Vezzoli, T. Baumgartner & S. Sangtarash
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2023
Article


Ordered Arrays of Gold Nanoparticles Crosslinked by Dithioacetate Linkers for Molecular devices

M. Asaad, A. Vezzoli, A. Daaoub, J. Borowiec, E. Pyurbeeva, H. Sadeghi, S. Sangtarash, S. J. Higgins & J. Mol
Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2023
Article


Enhanced Charge Transport Across Molecule-Nanoparticle-Molecule Sandwiches

P. Zhou, X. Qiao, D. C. Milan, S. J. Higgins, A. Vezzoli & R. J. Nichols
Physical Chemistry Chemical Pysics 2023
Article


2022

Building Large-Scale Unimolecular Scaffolding for Electronic Devices

E. Escorihuela, A. Concellon, I. Marin, V. J. Kumar, L. Herrer, S. A. Moggach, A. Vezzoli, R. J. Nichols, P. J. Low, P. Cea, J. L. Serrano & S. Martin
Materials Today Chemistry 2022
Article


2,7- and 4,9-Dialkynyldihydropyrene Molecular Switches: Syntheses, Properties, and Charge Transport in Single-Molecule Junctions

M. Roemer, A. Gillespie, D. Jago, D. C. Milan, J. Alqahtani, J. Hurtado-Gallego, H. Sadeghi, C. Lambert, P. R. Spackman, A. N. Sobolev. B. W. Skelton, A. Grosjean, M. Walley, S. Kampmann, A. Vezzoli, P. V. Simpson, M. Massi, I. Planje, G. Rubio-Bollinger, N. Agrait, S. J. Higgins, S. Sangtarash, M. J. Piggott, R. J. Nichols & G. A. Koutsantonis
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022
Article


Key Advances in Electrochemically-Addressable Single-Molecule Junctions

J. S. Ward & A. Vezzoli
Current Opinion in Electrochemistry 2022
Article


Optimization of MIM Rectifiers for Terahertz Rectennas

S. B. Tekin, S. Almaki, A. Vezzoli, L. O'Brien, S. Hall, P. R. Chalker & I. Z. Mitrovich
ECS Transactions 2022
Article

Redox-addressable single-molecule junctions incorporating a persistent organic radical

S. Naghibi, S. Sangtarash, V. J. Kumar, J.-Z. Wu, M. M. Judd, X. Qiao, E. Gorenskaia, S. J. Higgins, N. Cox, R. J. Nichols, H. Sadeghi, P. J. Low & A. Vezzoli
Angewandte Chemie 2022
Article - Preprint
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→ Included in the Wiley-VCH Hot Topic: Organic Electronics collection.


Electrochemical gating for single-molecule electronics with hybrid Au|graphene contacts

S. Tao, Q. Zhang, A. Vezzoli, C. Z. Zhao, C. Zhao, S. J. Higgins, A. Smogunov, Y. J. Dappe, R. J. Nichols & L. Yang
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2022
Article

Mechanoresistive Single-Molecule Junctions

A. Vezzoli
Nanoscale 2022
Article
→ Included in the Nanoscale 2022 Emerging Investigators collection.
→ See profile in the Emerging Investigators Contributors list.


2021

Metal Complexes and Clusters in Single-Molecule Electronics

A. Vezzoli
Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry 2021
Article

Experimental Validation of Quantum Circuit Rules in Molecular Junctions

E. Gorenskaia, M. Naher, L. Daukiya, S. A. Moggach, D. C. Milan, A. Vezzoli, C. J. Lambert, R. J. Nichols, T. Becker & P. J. Low
Australian Journal of Chemistry 2021
Article

Selective Anchoring Groups for Molecular Electronic Junctions with ITO Electrodes

I. J. Planje, R. J. Davidson, A. Vezzoli, A. Daaoub, S. Sangtarash, H. Sadeghi, S. Martin, P. Cea, C. J. Lambert, A. Beeby, S. J. Higgins & R. J. Nichols
ACS Sensors 2021
Article
→ Part of the Commemorating NJ Tao special issue.


pH Control of Conductance in a Pyrazolyl Langmuir-Blodgett Monolayer

L. Herrer, S. Martin, A. Gonzalez-Orive, D. C. Milan, A. Vezzoli, R. J. Nichols, J. L. Serrano & P. Cea
Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2021
Article

2020

Folding a Single-Molecule Junction

C. Wu, D. Bates, S. Sangtarash, N. Ferri, A. Thomas, S. J. Higgins, C. M. Robertson, R. J. Nichols, H. Sadeghi & A. Vezzoli
Nano Letters 2020
Article - Preprint


Determining plasmonic hot-carrier energy distributions via single-molecule transport measurements

H. Reddy, K. Wang, Z. Kudyshev, L. Zhu, S. Yan. A. Vezzoli, S. J. Higgins, V. Gavini, A. Boltasseva, P. Reddy, V. M. Shalaev & E. Meyhofer
Science 2020
Article
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→ Highlighted on Nanotechnology Now
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A Chemically Soldered Polyoxometalate Single-Molecule Transistor

C. Wu, X. Qiao, C. M. Robertson, S. J. Higgins, C. Cai, R. J. Nichols, & A. Vezzoli
Angewandte Chemie (International Edition) 2020
Article - Preprint
→ In Memory of Professor N. J. Tao
→ Hot Paper
→ Included in the Wiley-VCH Hot Topic: Organic Electronics collection.


In Situ Formation of H-Bonding Imidazole Chains in Break-Junction Experiments

C. Wu, A. Alqahtani, S. Sangtarash, A. Vezzoli, H. Sadeghi, C. M. Robertson, C. Cai, C. J. Lambert, S. J. Higgins & R. J. Nichols
Nanoscale 2020
Article - Preprint


2019

Synthetic Control of Quantum Interference by Regulating Charge on a Single Atom in Heteroaromatic Molecular Junctions

S. Naghibi, A. K. Ismael, A. Vezzoli, M. K. Al-Khaykanee, X. Zheng, I. M. Grace, D. Bethell, S. J. Higgins, C. J. Lambert & R. J. Nichols
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2019
Article - Preprint


Hemilabile Ligands as Mechanosensitive Electrode Contacts for Molecular Electronics

N. Ferri, N. Algethami, A. Vezzoli, S. Sangtarash, M. McLaughlin, H. Sadeghi, C. J. Lambert, R. J. Nichols & S. J. Higgins
Angewandte Chemie (International Edition) 2019
Article - Preprint
→ Highlighted on ChemistryViews.
→ Selected for inside back cover art of Angewandte Chemie.
→ Included in the Wiley-VCH Hot Topic: Organic Electronics collection.


Charge Transfer Complexation Boosts Molecular Conductance Through Fermi Level Pinning

K. Wang, A. Vezzoli, I. Grace, M. McLaughlin, R. J. Nichols, B. Xu, C. J. Lambert & S. J. Higgins
Chemical Science 2019
Article - Preprint
→ Included in the RSC ChemRxiv Collection


2018

Metal bis(acetylide) complex molecular wires: concepts and design strategies

D. C. Milan, A. Vezzoli, I. J. Planje & P. J. Low
Dalton Transactions 2018
Article
→ Included in the RSC 2018 Frontier and Perspective Articles Collection
→ Included in the RSC Molecular Metal-Containing Soft Materials Collection
→ Included in the RSC Inorganic Molecular Electronics spotlight collection

Unconventional Single-Molecule Conductance Behavior for a New Heterocyclic Anchoring Group: Pyrazolyl

I. L. Herrer, A. K. Ismael, D. C. Milan, A. Vezzoli, S. Martin, A. Gonzalez-Orive, I. Grace, C. Lambert, J. L. Serrano, R. J. Nichols & P. Cea
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2018
Article

Charge Transport at a Molecular GaAs Nanoscale Junction

A. Vezzoli, R. J. Brooke, N. Ferri, C. Brooke, S. J. Higgins, W. Schwarzacher & R. J. Nichols
Faraday Discussions 2018
Article
→ See discussion of the paper in the associated article

Gateway State-Mediated, Long-Range Tunnelling in Molecular Wires

S. Sangtarash, A. Vezzoli, H. Sadeghi, N. Ferri, H. M. O'Brien, I. Grace, L. Bouffier, S. J. Higgins, R. J. Nichols & C. J. Lambert
Nanoscale 2018
Article - Preprint
→ Included in the Nanoscale 10th Anniversary collection.


Dual Control of Molecular Conductance through pH and Potential in Single-Molecule Devices

R. J. Brooke, D. Szumski, A. Vezzoli, S. J. Higgins, R. J. Nichols & W. Schwarzacher
Nano Letters 2018
Article


2017

Side Group-Mediated Mechanical Conductance Switching in Molecular Junctions

A. K. Ismael, K. Wang, A. Vezzoli, M. K. Al-Khaykanee, H. E. Gallagher, I. M. Grace, C. J. Lambert, B. Xu, R. J. Nichols & S. J. Higgins
Angewandte Chemie (International Edition) 2017
Article


Single-Molecule Photocurrent at a Metal−Molecule−Semiconductor Junction

A. Vezzoli, R. J. Brooke, S. J. Higgins, W. Schwarzacher & R. J. Nichols
Nano Letters 2017
Article
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Single-molecule transport at a rectifying GaAs contact

A. Vezzoli, R. J. Brooke, N. Ferri, S. J. Higgins, W. Schwarzacher & R. J. Nichols
Nano Letters 2017
Article

Soft versus hard junction formation for α-terthiophene molecular wires and their charge transfer complexes

A. Vezzoli, I. M. Grace, C. Brooke, R. J. Nichols, C. J. Lambert & S. J. Higgins
The Journal of Chemical Physics 2017
Article

2016

Electrochemically grafted single molecule junctions exploiting a chemical protection strategy

J. Liang, E. R. G. Smith, A. Vezzoli, L. Xie, D. C. Milan, R. Davidson, A. Beeby, P. J. Low, S. J. Higgins, B. Mao & R. J. Nichols
Electrochimica Acta 2016
Article

Low variability of single-molecule conductance assisted by bulky metal–molecule contacts.

R. R. Ferradas, S. Marques-Gonzalez, H. M. Osorio, J. Ferrer, P. Cea, D. C. Milan, A. Vezzoli, S. J. Higgins, R. J. Nichols, P. J. Low, V. M. Garcia-Suarez & S. Martin
RSC Advances 2016
Article

Single Molecule Conductance of Viologen-Cucurbit[8]uril Host-Guest Complexes

W. Zhang, S. Gan, A. Vezzoli, R. J. Davidson, D. C. Milan, K. V. Luzyanin, S. J. Higgins, R. J. Nichols, A. Beeby, P. J. Low, B. Li & L. Niu
ACS Nano 2016
Article

2015

Electrochemical single-molecule transistors with optimized gate coupling

H. M. Osorio, S. Catarelli, P. Cea, J. B. G. Gluyas, F. Hartl, S. J. Higgins, E. Leary, P. J. Low, S. Martin, R. J. Nichols, J. Tory, J. Ulstrup, A. Vezzoli, Q. Zeng & D. C. Milan
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2015
Article

Gating of single molecule junction conductance by charge transfer complex formation

A. Vezzoli, I. M. Grace, C. Brooke, K. Wang, C. Lambert, B. Xu, R. J. Nichols & S. J. Higgins
Nanoscale 2015
Article - Preprint

Resonant transport and electrostatic effects in single-molecule electrical junctions

C. Brooke, A. Vezzoli, S. J. Higgins, L. A. Zotti, J. J. Palacios & R. J. Nichols
Physical Review B 2015
Article - Preprint