Dr Andrea Vezzoli PhD
Royal Society University Research Fellow Chemistry
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Publications
Selected Publications
- A chemically soldered polyoxometalate single-molecule transistor (Journal article - 2020)
- Folding a Single-Molecule Junction (Journal article - 2020)
- Hemilabile ligands as mechanosensitive electrode contacts for molecular electronics (Journal article - 2019)
- Charge transfer complexation boosts molecular conductance through Fermi level pinning (Journal article - 2019)
- Side Group-Mediated Mechanical Conductance Switching in Molecular Junctions (Journal article - 2017)
- Single-Molecule Photocurrent at a Metal-Molecule-Semiconductor Junction (Journal article - 2017)
2021
pH control of conductance in a pyrazolyl Langmuir–Blodgett monolayer (Journal article)
Herrer, L., Martín, S., González-Orive, A., Milan, D. C., Vezzoli, A., Nichols, R. J., . . . Cea, P. (n.d.). pH control of conductance in a pyrazolyl Langmuir–Blodgett monolayer. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. doi:10.1039/d0tc05658h
Selective Anchoring Groups for Molecular Electronic Junctions with ITO Electrodes. (Journal article)
Planje, I. J., Davidson, R. J., Vezzoli, A., Daaoub, A., Sangtarash, S., Sadeghi, H., . . . Nichols, R. J. (2021). Selective Anchoring Groups for Molecular Electronic Junctions with ITO Electrodes.. ACS Sensors. doi:10.1021/acssensors.0c02205
2020
Folding a Single-Molecule Junction (Journal article)
Wu, C., Bates, D., Sangtarash, S., Ferri, N., Thomas, A., Higgins, S. J., . . . Vezzoli, A. (2020). Folding a Single-Molecule Junction. NANO LETTERS, 20(11), 7980-7986. doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c02815
Determining plasmonic hot-carrier energy distributions via single-molecule transport measurements (Journal article)
Reddy, H., Wang, K., Kudyshev, Z., Zhu, L., Yan, S., Vezzoli, A., . . . Meyhofer, E. (2020). Determining plasmonic hot-carrier energy distributions via single-molecule transport measurements. SCIENCE, 369(6502), 423-426. doi:10.1126/science.abb3457
A chemically soldered polyoxometalate single-molecule transistor (Journal article)
Wu, C., Qiao, X., Robertson, C. M., Higgins, S. J., Cai, C., Nichols, R. J., & Vezzoli, A. (n.d.). A chemically soldered polyoxometalate single-molecule transistor. Angewandte Chemie. doi:10.1002/ange.202002174
In situ formation of H-bonding imidazole chains in break-junction experiments (Journal article)
Wu, C., Alqahtani, A., Sangtarash, S., Vezzoli, A., Sadeghi, H., Robertson, C. M., . . . Nichols, R. J. (2020). In situ formation of H-bonding imidazole chains in break-junction experiments. Nanoscale, 2020(14), 7914-7920. doi:10.1039/d0nr00630k
2019
Inside Back Cover: Hemilabile Ligands as Mechanosensitive Electrode Contacts for Molecular Electronics (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 46/2019) (Journal article)
Ferri, N., Algethami, N., Vezzoli, A., Sangtarash, S., McLaughlin, M., Sadeghi, H., . . . Higgins, S. J. (2019). Inside Back Cover: Hemilabile Ligands as Mechanosensitive Electrode Contacts for Molecular Electronics (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 46/2019). Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58(46), 16697. doi:10.1002/anie.201913163
Synthetic Control of Quantum Interference by Regulating Charge on a Single Atom in Heteroaromatic Molecular Junctions. (Journal article)
Naghibi, S., Ismael, A. K., Vezzoli, A., Al-Khaykanee, M. K., Zheng, X., Grace, I. M., . . . Nichols, R. J. (2019). Synthetic Control of Quantum Interference by Regulating Charge on a Single Atom in Heteroaromatic Molecular Junctions.. The journal of physical chemistry letters. doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b02319
Hemilabile ligands as mechanosensitive electrode contacts for molecular electronics (Journal article)
Ferri, N., Algethami, N., Vezzoli, A., Sangtarash, S., McLaughlin, M., Sadeghi, H., . . . Higgins, S. (2019). Hemilabile ligands as mechanosensitive electrode contacts for molecular electronics. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 58(46), 16583-16589. doi:10.1002/anie.201906400
Charge transfer complexation boosts molecular conductance through Fermi level pinning (Journal article)
Wang, K., Vezzoli, A., Grace, I. M., McLaughlin, M., Nichols, R. J., Xu, B., . . . Higgins, S. J. (2019). Charge transfer complexation boosts molecular conductance through Fermi level pinning. CHEMICAL SCIENCE, 10(8), 2396-2403. doi:10.1039/c8sc04199g
2018
Metal Bis(Acetylide) Complex Molecular Wires: Concepts and Design Strategies (Journal article)
Milan, D. C., Vezzoli, A., Planje, I. J., & Low, P. J. (2018). Metal bis(acetylide) complex molecular wires: concepts and design strategies. DALTON TRANSACTIONS, 47(40), 14125-14138. doi:10.1039/c8dt02103a
Charge Transport at a Molecular GaAs Nanoscale Junction (Journal article)
Vezzoli, A., Brooke, R., Ferri, N., Brooke, C., Higgins, S., Schwarzacher, W., & Nichols, R. (n.d.). Charge Transport at a Molecular GaAs Nanoscale Junction. Faraday Discussions. doi:10.1039/C8FD00016F
Dynamics of nanointerfaces: general discussion (Journal article)
Alzahrani, H., Bentley, C., Burrows, R., Cao, C., Cai, Q., Chikere, C., . . . Ying, Y. (2018). Dynamics of nanointerfaces: general discussion. FARADAY DISCUSSIONS, 210, 451-479. doi:10.1039/C8FD90026D
Energy conversion at nanointerfaces: general discussion (Journal article)
Alzahrani, H., Bentley, C., Bohn, P. W., Chikere, C., Commandeur, D., Crooks, R. M., . . . Zhao, C. (2018). Energy conversion at nanointerfaces: general discussion. FARADAY DISCUSSIONS, 210, 333-351. doi:10.1039/c8fd90025f
Unconventional Single-Molecule Conductance Behavior for a New Heterocyclic Anchoring Group: Pyrazolyl. (Journal article)
Herrer, I. L., Ismael, A. K., Milan, D. C., Vezzoli, A., Martin, S., Gonzalez-Orive, A., . . . Cea, P. (2018). Unconventional Single-Molecule Conductance Behavior for a New Heterocyclic Anchoring Group: Pyrazolyl. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 9(18), 5364-5372. doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b02051
Dual control of chemical equilibria through pH and potential in single-molecule devices (Conference Paper)
Brooke, R., Szumski, D., Vezzoli, A., Higgins, S., Nichols, R., & Schwarzacher, W. (2018). Dual control of chemical equilibria through pH and potential in single-molecule devices. In ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Vol. 255. Retrieved from http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/
Gating of junction conductance by charge transfer complex formation in single molecule devices (Conference Paper)
Vezzoli, A., Wang, K., Grace, I., Nichols, R., Lambert, C., Xu, B., & Higgins, S. (2018). Gating of junction conductance by charge transfer complex formation in single molecule devices. In ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Vol. 255. Retrieved from http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/
Molecular photoelectronics at a rectifying gallium arsenide interface (Conference Paper)
Vezzoli, A., Brooke, R., Ferri, N., Higgins, S., Schwarzacher, W., & Nichols, R. (2018). Molecular photoelectronics at a rectifying gallium arsenide interface. In ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Vol. 255. Retrieved from http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/
Structural design of single-molecule junctions with electromechanical switching properties (Conference Paper)
Vezzoli, A., Wang, K., Ismael, A. K., Grace, I., Lambert, C., Xu, B., . . . Nichols, R. (2018). Structural design of single-molecule junctions with electromechanical switching properties. In ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Vol. 255. Retrieved from http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/
Dual Control of Molecular Conductance through pH and Potential in Single-Molecule Devices (Journal article)
Brooke, R. J., Szumski, D. S., Vezzoli, A., Higgins, S. J., Nichols, R. J., & Schwarzacher, W. (2018). Dual Control of Molecular Conductance through pH and Potential in Single-Molecule Devices. NANO LETTERS, 18(2), 1317-1322. doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b04995
Gateway state-mediated, long-range tunnelling in molecular wires (Journal article)
Sangtarash, S., Vezzoli, A., Sadeghi, H., Ferrib, N., OBrien, H. M., Gracea, I., . . . Lambert, C. J. (2018). Gateway state-mediated, long-range tunnelling in molecular wires. Nanoscale, 10(6), 3060-3067. doi:10.1039/C7NR07243K
Klaus Wandelt (Ed): Surface and Interface Science. Volume 5: Solid–Gas Interfaces I/Volume 6: Solid–Gas Interfaces II (Book Review)
Vezzoli, A. (2018). Klaus Wandelt (Ed): Surface and Interface Science. Volume 5: Solid–Gas Interfaces I/Volume 6: Solid–Gas Interfaces II. Chromatographia, 81(1), 171. doi:10.1007/s10337-017-3398-8
2017
Side Group-Mediated Mechanical Conductance Switching in Molecular Junctions (Journal article)
Ismael, A. K., Wang, K., Vezzoli, A., Al-Khaykanee, M., Gallagher, H., Grace, I., . . . Higgins, S. (2017). Side Group-Mediated Mechanical Conductance Switching in Molecular Junctions. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 56(48), 15378-15382. doi:10.1002/anie.201709419
Single-Molecule Photocurrent at a Metal-Molecule-Semiconductor Junction (Journal article)
Vezzoli, A., Brooke, R. J., Higgins, S. J., Schwarzacher, W., & Nichols, R. J. (2017). Single-Molecule Photocurrent at a Metal-Molecule-Semiconductor Junction. NANO LETTERS, 17(11), 6702-6707. doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b02762
Soft versus hard junction formation for a-terthiophene molecular wires and their charge transfer complexes (Journal article)
Vezzoli, A., Grace, I. M., Brooke, C., Nichols, R. J., Lambert, C. J., & Higgins, S. J. (2017). Soft versus hard junction formation for alpha-terthiophene molecular wires and their charge transfer complexes. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 146(9). doi:10.1063/1.4969077
Single-Molecule Transport at a Rectifying GaAs Contact (Journal article)
Vezzoli, A., Brooke, R. J., Ferri, N., Higgins, S. J., Schwarzacher, W., & Nichols, R. J. (2017). Single-Molecule Transport at a Rectifying GaAs Contact. NANO LETTERS, 17(2), 1109-1115. doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b04663
2016
Electrochemically grafted single molecule junctions exploiting a chemical protection strategy (Journal article)
Liang, J., Smith, R. E. G., Vezzoli, A., Xie, L., Milan, D. C., Davidson, R., . . . Nichols, R. J. (2016). Electrochemically grafted single molecule junctions exploiting a chemical protection strategy. ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA, 220, 436-443. doi:10.1016/j.electacta.2016.10.095
Single-Molecule Conductance of Viologen-Cucurbit[8]uril Host-Guest Complexes (Journal article)
Zhang, W., Gan, S., Vezzoli, A., Davidson, R. J., Milan, D. C., Luzyanin, K. V., . . . Niu, L. (2016). Single-Molecule Conductance of Viologen-Cucurbit[8]uril Host-Guest Complexes. ACS Nano, 10(5), 5212-5220. doi:10.1021/acsnano.6b00786
Low variability of single-molecule conductance assisted by bulky metal-molecule contacts (Journal article)
Ferradas, R. R., Marques-Gonzalez, S., Osorio, H. M., Ferrer, J., Cea, P., Milan, D. C., . . . Martin, S. (2016). Low variability of single-molecule conductance assisted by bulky metal-molecule contacts. RSC ADVANCES, 6(79), 75111-75121. doi:10.1039/c6ra15477h
2015
Gating of single molecule junction conductance by charge transfer complex formation (Journal article)
Vezzoli, A., Grace, I., Brooke, C., Wang, K., Lambert, C. J., Xu, B., . . . Higgins, S. J. (2015). Gating of single molecule junction conductance by charge transfer complex formation. NANOSCALE, 7(45), 18949-18955. doi:10.1039/c5nr04420k
Electrochemical Single-Molecule Transistors with Optimized Gate Coupling (Journal article)
Osorio Calvopina, H., Catarelli, S., Cea, P., Gluyas, J. B. G., Hartl, F., Higgins, S., . . . Zeng, Q. (2015). Electrochemical Single-Molecule Transistors with Optimized Gate Coupling. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137(45), 14319-14328. doi:10.1021/jacs.5b08431
Resonant transport and electrostatic effects in single-molecule electrical junctions (Journal article)
Brooke, C., Vezzoli, A., Higgins, S. J., Zotti, L. A., Palacios, J. J., & Nichols, R. J. (2015). Resonant transport and electrostatic effects in single-molecule electrical junctions. PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 91(19). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.91.195438
Environmental effects in molecular electronics (Thesis / Dissertation)
Vezzoli, A. (2015, May 21). Environmental effects in molecular electronics. (PhD Thesis, University of Liverpool).