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Jinshi Li¹, Pingchuan Shen¹, Zeyan Zhuang¹

¹State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Luminescence from Molecular Aggregates, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China.

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Researchers designed molecular electronic components for non-von Neumann architectures. Tailored foldamers exhibit volatile memory behaviors through quantum interference switching, paving the way for novel molecular computing and random number generation.

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Area of Science:

Molecular Electronics
Nanoscale Devices
Organic Chemistry

Background:

Voltage-gated processing units are crucial for emerging non-von Neumann computing architectures.
Memristors and electric synapses show promise, with nanoscale molecular electronics offering significant potential.
Understanding electro-responsive interactions at the molecular level is key for designing advanced electronic components.

Purpose of the Study:

To design and investigate foldamers capable of electro-responsive through-space interactions for volatile memory applications.
To decipher the mechanisms of quantum interference switching in single-molecule junctions.
To explore the potential of these molecular systems for non-von Neumann architectures, including true random number generators.

Main Methods:

Synthesis of tailored foldamers with furan-benzene (f-Fu) and thiophene-benzene (f-Th) stacking.
Fabrication and characterization of single-molecule junctions.
Electrochemical gating and low-voltage (0.2 V) measurements to probe memory behaviors.
Analysis of orbital through-space mixing and quantum interference effects.

Main Results:

f-Fu foldamers demonstrated a volatile turn-on memory feature.
f-Th foldamers exhibited a stochastic turn-off memory feature at low voltages.
Electro-polarization-induced weakening of orbital mixing was identified as the dominant factor in switching.
f-Fu showed higher switching probability and faster response times, achieving switching ratios up to 91.
f-Th displayed incomplete switching and slower response times.

Conclusions:

The study provides insights into the electro-responsiveness of non-covalent interactions at the single-molecule level.
Foldamer design strategies were established for creating molecular non-von Neumann architectures.
These findings support the development of molecular memory devices and true random number generators.