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为了满足传统硅基电子器件日益微型化的需求, 科学家们前瞻性地提出了将单个分子或者分子聚集体夹在电极之间制备分子电子器件的前沿研究方向. 分子电子器件功能化的实现需要从分子工程、 界面工程以及材料工程的角度综合考虑. 本文总结了近期利用外界环境来调控分子电子器件功能的最新进展. 鉴于化学刺激所引起的显著效果, 作者展望了分子电子器件在单分子化学反应动力学中的应用前景以及未来的发展方向.
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We acknowledge primary financial supports from the National Key R&D Program of China (2017YFA0204901), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21727806) and the Natural Science Foundation of Beijing (Z181100004418003).
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Dingkai Su received his BSc degree in 2017 from the College of Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University. He is currently a PhD candidate at the College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, under the supervision of Prof. Xuefeng Guo. His research interest focuses on the single-molecule devices and dynamics.
Chunhui Gu received his BSc degree in 2014 from the College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University. He is a PhD candidate at the College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, under the guidance of Prof. Xuefeng Guo. His current research interest includes single-molecule devices and dynamics.
Xuefeng Guo received his PhD degree in 2004 from the Institute of Chemistry, CAS, Beijing. From 2004 to 2007, he was a postdoctoral research scientist at Columbia University Nanocenter. He joined the faculty as a professor at Peking University in 2008. His current research is focused on functional nanometer/molecular devices.
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Su, D., Gu, C. & Guo, X. Functional molecular electronic devices through environmental control. Sci. China Mater. 62, 1–7 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40843-018-9301-3
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