1. Introduction2. Metal Electrodes for Molecular2.1 Electronics2.1 Single-Molecule Junctions2.2 Ensemble Molecular Junctions3. Carbon Electrodes for Molecular Electronics3.1 Carbon Nanotube-based Electrodes3.2 Graphene-based Electrodes3.3 Other Carbon-Based Electrodes4. Other Electrodes for Molecular Electronics4.1 Silicon-based Electrodes4.2 Polymer-based Electrodes5. Novel Phenomena in Single-Molecule Junctions5.1 Quantum Interference5.2 Coulomb Blockade and Kondo Resonance5.3 Thermoelectricity5.4 Electronic-Plasmonic Conversion6. Supramolecular Interactions in Single-Molecule Junctions6.1 Hydrogen Bonds6.2 p-p Stacking Interactions6.3 Host-Guest Interactions6.4 Charge-Transfer Interactions7. Characterization Techniques for Molecular Electronics7.1 Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy7.2 Temperature-Length-Variable Transport Measurement7.3 Noise Spectroscopy7.4 Optical and Optoelectronic Spectroscopy7.5 Data Characterization Approaches8. Theoretical Aspects for Electron Transport through Molecular Junctions8.1 Theoretical Description of the Tunneling Process8.2 Electron Transport Mechanism8.3 First-Principles Modeling9. Integrating Molecular Functionalities into Electrical Circuits9.1 Wiring towards Nanocircuits9.2 Rectification towards Diodes9.3 Negative differential conductance toward oscillators9.4 Gating towards Molecular Transistors9.5 Switching toward Memory Devices9.6 Molecular Computing9.7 Transduction towards Molecular Sensors9.8 High-Frequency Molecular Devices9.9 Molecular Machines10. Summary and Perspectives10.1 Primary Challenges10.2 Open Questions10.3 Outlook
Xuefeng Guo received his Ph.D. from the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing in 2004. From 2004 to 2007, he was a postdoctoral research scientist at the Columbia University Nanocenter. He joined the faculty as a professor under "Peking 100-Talent" Program at Peking University in 2008. In 2012, he won the National Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scholars of China. His current research is focused on functional nanometer/molecular devices. Professor Guo has authored over 130 scientific publications and has received numerous scientific awards, including the First Prize of Ministry of Education Natural Science Award.Dong Xiang is a Professor in the College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University. He received his M.S. degree in 2006 from Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China and received his Ph.D degree from RWTH Aachen University, Germany in 2011. From 2012 to 2014, he was a postdoctoral research scientist at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Korea. His current research interests focus on single molecule studies and optoelectronic molecular devices.Yu Li is a research scientist in the College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering at Peking University. She graduated from Tokyo Institute of Technology with degree of doctor of science in chemistry in 2017. In the period of Ph.D., Ms. Yu focused on the chemical reactions in the single molecular junction. With great enthusiasm and diligence in research, her work has been published in prestigious international physical chemistry journals like J. Phys. Chem. C, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.