Complex formation dynamics in a single-molecule electronic device

Huimin Wen; Wengang Li; Jiewei Chen; Gen He; Longhua Li; Mark A. Olson; Andrew C.-H. Sue; J. Fraser Stoddart; Xuefeng Guo

doi:10.1126/sciadv.1601113

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Complex formation dynamics in a single-molecule electronic device

Huimin Wen¹,*,
Wengang Li²,*,
Jiewei Chen¹,
Gen He¹,
Longhua Li³,
Mark A. Olson²,
Andrew C.-H. Sue²,⁴,†,
J. Fraser Stoddart²,⁴,† and
Xuefeng Guo¹,⁵,†

¹Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
²Institute for Molecular Design and Synthesis, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
³Scientific Research Academy, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
⁴Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208–3113, USA.
⁵Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.

↵†Corresponding author. Email: guoxf{at}pku.edu.cn (X.G.); andrew.sue{at}tju.edu.cn (A.C.-H.S.); stoddart{at}northwestern.edu (J.F.S.)

↵* These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Science Advances 25 Nov 2016:
Vol. 2, no. 11, e1601113
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1601113

Huimin Wen

1Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.

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Wengang Li

2Institute for Molecular Design and Synthesis, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.

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Jiewei Chen

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Gen He

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Longhua Li

3Scientific Research Academy, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.

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Mark A. Olson

2Institute for Molecular Design and Synthesis, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.

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Andrew C.-H. Sue

2Institute for Molecular Design and Synthesis, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.

4Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208–3113, USA.

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For correspondence: guoxf@pku.edu.cn andrew.sue@tju.edu.cn stoddart@northwestern.edu

J. Fraser Stoddart

2Institute for Molecular Design and Synthesis, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.

4Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208–3113, USA.

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For correspondence: guoxf@pku.edu.cn andrew.sue@tju.edu.cn stoddart@northwestern.edu

Xuefeng Guo

5Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.

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For correspondence: guoxf@pku.edu.cn andrew.sue@tju.edu.cn stoddart@northwestern.edu

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