Higgins, Simon - University of Liverpool

个人简介

My research interests are in synthetic chemistry applied to organic and molecular electronics. With colleagues in Liverpool, we study the electrical properties of individual molecules (using methods based on scanning tunneling microscopy) and how these properties vary with the structure of the molecules. We are also interested in the synthesis of semiconducting polymers for applications in organic electronic devices, but also more widely as (electro)catalyst supports. More details can be found here FUNMOLS EU Network meeting, Copenhagen (Invitation to Speak, FUNMOLS Coordinator, Prof. Martin Bryce 2009) IUPAC conference, Glasgow (Invitation to Speak, IUPAC conference organisers 2009) 'Functionalised PEDOTs for biosensing' (Invitation to Speak, Discussion meeting on role of electrochemistry in biosensors, fuel cells and ionic liquids, Mumbai, India 2006) 'Conducting polymers for electrochemical sensors' (Invitation to Speak, 2nd International Plastic Electronics Conference, Frankfurt 2006) 'PEDOT-based biosensors' (Keynote Speech, 10th Asian Conference on Solid State Ionics, Kandy, Sri Lanka 2006) Lecture, Regioregular polyalkylthiophenes and related systems for protein and DNA oligomer sensing (Invitation to Speak, RSC 2005)

研究领域

My research interests are in synthetic chemistry applied to organic and molecular electronics. With colleagues in Liverpool, we study the electrical properties of individual molecules (using methods based on scanning tunneling microscopy) and how these properties vary with the structure of the molecules. We are also interested in the synthesis of semiconducting polymers for applications in organic electronic devices, but also more widely as (electro)catalyst supports.

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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 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc04199g Bias-Driven Conductance Increase with Length in Porphyrin Tapes (Journal article)Leary, E., Limburg, B., Alanazy, A., Sangtarash, S., Grace, I., Swada, K., . . . Nichols, R. J. (2018). Bias-Driven Conductance Increase with Length in Porphyrin Tapes. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 140(40), 12877-12883. doi:10.1021/jacs.8b06338 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b06338 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 DOI: 10.1039/C8FD00016F Conductance of "bare-bones' tripodal molecular wires (Journal article)Davidson, R. J., Milan, D. C., Al-Owaedi, O. A., Ismael, A. K., Nichols, R. J., Higgins, S. J., . . . Beeby, A. (2018). Conductance of "bare-bones' tripodal molecular wires. RSC ADVANCES, 8(42), 23585-23590. doi:10.1039/c8ra01257a DOI: 10.1039/c8ra01257a 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 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b04995 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/ Gateway state-mediated, long-range tunnelling in molecular wires (Journal article)Sangtarash, S., Vezzoli, A., Sadeghi, H., Ferri, N., O'Brien, H. M., Grace, I., . . . Lambert, C. J. (2018). Gateway state-mediated, long-range tunnelling in molecular wires. NANOSCALE, 10(6), 3060-3067. doi:10.1039/c7nr07243k DOI: 10.1039/c7nr07243k 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/ Metal/molecule/metal junction studies of organometallic and coordination complexes; What can transition metals do for molecular electronics? (Journal article)Higgins, S. J., & Nichols, R. J. (2018). Metal/molecule/metal junction studies of organometallic and coordination complexes; What can transition metals do for molecular electronics?. POLYHEDRON, 140, 25-34. doi:10.1016/j.poly.2017.10.022 DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2017.10.022 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/ Detecting Mechanochemical Atropisomerization within an STM Break Junction (Journal article)Leary, E., Roche, C., Jiang, H. -W., Grace, I., Teresa Gonzalez, M., Rubio-Bollinger, G., . . . Nichols, R. J. (2018). Detecting Mechanochemical Atropisomerization within an STM Break Junction. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 140(2), 710-718. doi:10.1021/jacs.7b10542 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b10542 Influence of surface coverage on the formation of 4,4 '- bipyridinium (viologen) single molecular junctions (Journal article)Osorio, H. M., Martin, S., Milan, D. C., Gonzalez-Orive, A., Gluyas, J. B. G., Higgins, S. J., . . . Cea, P. (2017). Influence of surface coverage on the formation of 4,4 '- bipyridinium (viologen) single molecular junctions. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C, 5(45), 11717-11723. doi:10.1039/c7tc03624h DOI: 10.1039/c7tc03624h Insulated molecular wires: inhibiting orthogonal contacts in metal complex based molecular junctions (Journal article)Al-Owaedi, O. A., Bock, S., Milan, D. C., Oerthel, M. -C., Inkpen, M. S., Yufit, D. S., . . . Low, P. J. (2017). Insulated molecular wires: inhibiting orthogonal contacts in metal complex based molecular junctions. NANOSCALE, 9(28), 9902-9912. doi:10.1039/c7nr01829k DOI: 10.1039/c7nr01829k Side-Group-Mediated Mechanical Conductance Switching in Molecular Junctions (Journal article)Ismael, A. K., Wang, K., Vezzoli, A., Al-Khaykanee, M. K., Gallagher, H. E., Grace, I. M., . . . Higgins, S. J. (2017). Side-Group-Mediated Mechanical Conductance Switching in Molecular Junctions. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 56(48), 15378-15382. doi:10.1002/anie.201709419 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201709419 Side-Group-Mediated Mechanical Conductance Switching in Molecular Junctions (Journal article)Ismael, A. K., Wang, K., Vezzoli, A., Al-Khaykanee, M. K., Gallagher, H. E., Grace, I. M., . . . Higgins, S. J. (2017). Side-Group-Mediated Mechanical Conductance Switching in Molecular Junctions. Angewandte Chemie, 129(48), 15580-15584. doi:10.1002/ange.201709419 DOI: 10.1002/ange.201709419 Single molecule electrochemistry in nanoscale junctions (Journal article)Nichols, R. J., & Higgins, S. J. (2017). Single molecule electrochemistry in nanoscale junctions. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 4(1), 98-104. doi:10.1016/j.coelec.2017.09.009 DOI: 10.1016/j.coelec.2017.09.009