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Nicolò Ferri
Researcher at University of Liverpool
Publications - 6
Citations - 105
Nicolò Ferri is an academic researcher from University of Liverpool. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ohmic contact & Molecular wire. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 6 publications receiving 54 citations.
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Single-molecule transport at a rectifying GaAs contact
Andrea Vezzoli,Richard J. Brooke,Nicolò Ferri,Simon J. Higgins,Walther Schwarzacher,Richard J. Nichols +5 more
TL;DR: A new type of single-molecule device in which metal and semiconductor contact electrodes impart a function, namely, current rectification, which is then modified by a molecule bridging the gap.
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Folding a Single-Molecule Junction.
Chuanli Wu,Demetris Bates,Sara Sangtarash,Nicolò Ferri,Aidan Thomas,Simon J. Higgins,Craig M. Robertson,Richard J. Nichols,Hatef Sadeghi,Andrea Vezzoli +9 more
TL;DR: It is shown here that significant changes in conductance can be attained as a molecule is repeatedly compressed and relaxed, resulting in molecular folding along a flexible fragment and cycling between an anti and a syn conformation.
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Hemilabile Ligands as Mechanosensitive Electrode Contacts for Molecular Electronics.
Nicolò Ferri,Norah Algethami,Andrea Vezzoli,Sara Sangtarash,Sara Sangtarash,Maeve McLaughlin,Hatef Sadeghi,Hatef Sadeghi,Colin J. Lambert,Richard J. Nichols,Simon J. Higgins +10 more
TL;DR: Localised interactions between weakly coordinating thienyl sulfurs and the electrodes are responsible for the observed effect and allow reversible monodentate⇄bidentate contact transitions as the junction is modulated in size.
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Gateway state-mediated, long-range tunnelling in molecular wires
Sara Sangtarash,Andrea Vezzoli,Hatef Sadeghi,Nicolò Ferri,Harry M. O'Brien,Iain Grace,Laurent Bouffier,Simon J. Higgins,Richard J. Nichols,Colin J. Lambert +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the attenuation coefficient β for a series of molecules which contain a central conjugated moiety (phenyl, viologen or α-terthiophene) connected on either side to alkane chains of varying length, with each end terminated by thiol or thiomethyl anchor groups.
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Charge transport at a molecular GaAs nanoscale junction
Andrea Vezzoli,Richard J. Brooke,Nicolò Ferri,Carly Brooke,Simon J. Higgins,Walther Schwarzacher,Richard J. Nichols +6 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that fine control can be exerted on the electrical behaviour of a metal-molecule-GaAs junction by systematically altering the nature of the molecular bridge, the type and doping density of the semiconductor and the light intensity and wavelength.