Nanographenes as Active Components of Single-Molecule Electronics and How a Scanning Tunneling Microscope Puts Them To Work

• Published in: Accounts of chemical research Vol. 41; no. 4; pp. 511 - 520
• Main Authors: Müllen, Klaus, Rabe, Jürgen P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 01.04.2008

Single-molecule electronics, that is, realizing novel electronic functionalities from single (or very few) molecules, holds promise for application in various technologies, including signal processing and sensing. Nanographenes, which are extended polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), are highly...