Molecular Electronics: electron, spin and thermal transport through molecules

TL;DR

This review summarizes recent advances in the physics of electron, spin, and thermal transport in molecular electronic devices, covering fundamental mechanisms, spin effects, plasmonics, quantum interference, and noise phenomena.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of recent experimental and theoretical developments in molecular electronics, highlighting new insights into transport mechanisms and device functionalities.

Findings

Insights into spin-dependent transport phenomena

Advances in understanding thermal transport in molecules

Analysis of quantum interference effects in molecular junctions

Abstract

This review presents recent results on the physics of electron transport in molecular devices. The review is organized as follows. A brief description of molecular junction (MJ) technology is first given followed by an introduction to the basic physics of electron transport through MJs from DC to about 20 GHz. Then, several sections review selected results on spin-dependent transport, plasmonics, quantum interferences, thermal transport and electronic noise in ME devices.