Prof Jan Mol
Professor of Physics
School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London
Research
quantum materials and devices, nanoscale thermodynamics, molecular electronics, solid-state nanopores, quantum sensing, atomically precise engineering
Interests
The overarching theme of my research is to engineer materials at the atomic and molecular level with the aim of harnessing their properties for emerging quantum and nanotechnologies. Throughout my career I have worked at the cutting edge of physics, materials science, and chemistry, with a view towards translating fundamental science into real-world technology.Publications
Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Chemical Research2023
Chen K, Talha-Dean T, Zheng T, Dimitrov S, Mol J and Palma M (2023). DNA Linked Mixed-Dimensional Heterostructures: The Designing, Nanoscale Control and Device Applications of Tmdc-Quantum Dot Nanohybrids. ECS Meeting Abstracts, The Electrochemical Society vol. MA2023-01 (13), 1309-1309. 28-08-2023
Chen Z, Deng J-R, Hou S, Bian X, Swett JL, Wu Q, Baugh J, Bogani L, Briggs GAD, Mol JA, Lambert CJ, Anderson HL and Thomas JO (2023). Phase-Coherent Charge Transport through a Porphyrin Nanoribbon. Journal of the American Chemical Society, American Chemical Society (ACS) vol. 145 (28), 15265-15274. 07-07-2023
Pyurbeeva E, Thomas JO and Mol JA (2023). Non-equilibrium thermodynamics in a single-molecule quantum system. Materials for Quantum Technology, IOP Publishing vol. 3 (2) 27-04-2023
Niu W, Sopp S, Lodi A, Gee A, Kong F, Pei T, Gehring P, Nägele J, Lau CS, Ma J, Liu J, Narita A, Mol J, Burghard M, Müllen K, Mai Y, Feng X and Bogani L (2023). Exceptionally clean single-electron transistors from solutions of molecular graphene nanoribbons. Nature Materials, Springer Nature vol. 22 (2), 180-185. 01-02-2023
Talha-Dean T, Chen K, Mastroianni G, Gesuele F, Mol J and Palma M (2023). Nanoscale Control of DNA-Linked MoS18-01-2023
Asaad M, Vezzoli A, Daaoub A, Borowiec J, Pyurbeeva E, Sadeghi H, Sangtarash S, Higgins SJ and Mol JA (2023). Ordered arrays of gold nanoparticles crosslinked by dithioacetate linkers for molecular devices. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) vol. 11 (16), 5431-5437. 01-01-2023
Degousée T, Neal WG, Edwards Z, Singh S, Selvarajah J, Talha-Dean T, Palma M, Schroeder BC and Mol JA (2023). One hour road to high-quality arrays of gold nanoparticles coated with organic ligands. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) vol. 11 (47), 16518-16526. 01-01-2023
2022
Pyurbeeva E, Mol JA and Gehring P (2022). Electronic measurements of entropy in meso- and nanoscale systems. Chemical Physics Reviews vol. 3 (4), 041308-041308. 01-12-2022
Bian X, Chen Z, Sowa JK, Evangeli C, Limburg B, Swett JL, Baugh J, Briggs GAD, Anderson HL, Mol JA and Thomas JO (2022). Charge-State Dependent Vibrational Relaxation in a Single-Molecule Junction. Physical Review Letters, American Physical Society vol. 129 (20) 11-11-2022
Fried JP, Swett JL, Nadappuram BP, Fedosyuk A, Gee A, Dyck OE, Yates JR, Ivanov AP, Edel JB and Mol JA (2022). Localised solid-state nanopore fabrication via controlled breakdown using on-chip electrodes. Nano Research vol. 15 (11), 9881-9889. 01-11-2022
Dyck O, Swett JL, Evangeli C, Lupini AR, Mol J and Jesse S (2022). Contrast Mechanisms in Secondary Electron e-Beam-Induced Current (SEEBIC) Imaging. Microscopy and Microanalysis vol. 28 (5), 1567-1583. 03-10-2022
Evangeli C, Tewari S, Kruip JM, Bian X, Swett JL, Cully J, Thomas J, Briggs GAD and Mol JA (2022). Statistical signature of electrobreakdown in graphene nanojunctions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America vol. 119 (27) 05-07-2022
Dyck O, Swett JL, Evangeli C, Lupini AR, Mol JA and Jesse S (2022). Mapping Conductance and Switching Behavior of Graphene Devices In Situ (Small Methods 3/2022). Small Methods vol. 6 (3), 2270020-2270020. 21-03-2022
2021
Dyck O, Swett JL, Evangeli C, Lupini AR, Mol JA and Jesse S (2021). Mapping Conductance and Switching Behavior of Graphene Devices In Situ. Small Methods, Wiley-Blackwell 15-12-2021
Farmakidis N, Swett JL, Youngblood N, Li X, Evangeli C, Aggarwal S, Mol JA and Bhaskaran H (2021). Exploiting rotational asymmetry for sub-50 nm mechanical nanocalligraphy. Microsystems and Nanoengineering, Springer Nature [academic journals on nature.com] vol. 7 (1) 01-12-2021
Pyurbeeva E, Hsu C, Vogel D, Wegeberg C, Mayor M, Van Der Zant H, Mol JA and Gehring P (2021). Controlling the Entropy of a Single-Molecule Junction. Nano Letters: a journal dedicated to nanoscience and nanotechnology, American Chemical Society 12-11-2021
Pyurbeeva E, Swett JL, Ye Q, Kennedy OW and Mol JA (2021). Bias-driven conductance switching in encapsulated graphene nanogaps. Applied Physics Letters, AIP Publishing vol. 119 (13) 27-09-2021
Fried JP, Swett JL, Nadappuram BP, Fedosyuk A, Sousa PM, Briggs DP, Ivanov AP, Edel JB, Mol JA and Yates JR (2021). Understanding Electrical Conduction and Nanopore Formation During Controlled Breakdown. Small vol. 17 (37) 01-09-2021
Evangeli C, McCann E, Swett JL, Tewari S, Bian X, Thomas JO, Briggs GAD, Kolosov OV and Mol JA (2021). Experimental evidence of disorder enhanced electron-phonon scattering in graphene devices. Carbon vol. 178, 632-639. 30-06-2021
Pyurbeeva E and Mol JA (2021). A Thermodynamic Approach to Measuring Entropy in a Few-Electron Nanodevice. Entropy, MDPI vol. 23 (6) 21-05-2021
Fried JP, Swett JL, Nadappuram BP, Mol JA, Edel JB, Ivanov AP and Yates JR (2021). In situ solid-state nanopore fabrication. Chem Soc Rev vol. 50 (8), 4974-4992. 26-04-2021
Laucht A, Hohls F, Ubbelohde N, Gonzalez-Zalba MF, Reilly DJ, Stobbe S, Schröder T, Scarlino P, Koski JV, Dzurak A, Yang CH, Yoneda J, Kuemmeth F, Bluhm H, Pla J, Hill C, Salfi J, Oiwa A, Muhonen JT, Verhagen E, et al. (2021). Roadmap on quantum nanotechnologies. Nanotechnology vol. 32 (16) 16-04-2021
Cully JJ, Swett JL, Willick K, Baugh J and Mol JA (2021). Graphene nanogaps for the directed assembly of single-nanoparticle devices. Nanoscale vol. 13 (13), 6513-6520. 07-04-2021
Dyck O, Swett JL, Lupini AR, Mol JA and Jesse S (2021). Imaging Secondary Electron Emission from a Single Atomic Layer. Small Methods vol. 5 (4) 01-04-2021
Thomas JO, Sowa JK, Limburg B, Bian X, Evangeli C, Swett JL, Tewari S, Baugh J, Schatz GC, Briggs GAD, Anderson HL and Mol JA (2021). Charge transport through extended molecular wires with strongly correlated electrons. Chemical Science, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) vol. 12 (33), 11121-11129. 01-01-2021
2020
Harzheim A and Mol J (2020). Graphene-Based Single-Electron Transistors. 21st Century Nanoscience – A Handbook 22-04-2020
Sowa JK, Mol JA, Briggs GAD and Gauger EM (2020). Erratum: Beyond Marcus theory and the Landauer-Büttiker approach in molecular junctions: A unified framework (Journal of Chemical Physics (2018)(149) (154112) DOI: 10.1063/1.5049537). Journal of Chemical Physics, AIP Publishing vol. 152 (9) 03-03-2020
Harzheim A, Sowa JK, Swett JL, Briggs GAD, Mol JA and Gehring P (2020). Role of metallic leads and electronic degeneracies in thermoelectric power generation in quantum dots. Physical Review Research, American Physical Society (APS) vol. 2 (1) 01-02-2020
Fried JP, Bian X, Swett JL, Kravchenko II, Briggs GAD and Mol JA (2020). Large amplitude charge noise and random telegraph fluctuations in room-temperature graphene single-electron transistors. Nanoscale, Royal Society of Chemistry vol. 12 (2), 871-876. 14-01-2020
2019
Thomas JO, Limburg B, Sowa JK, Willick K, Baugh J, Briggs GAD, Gauger EM, Anderson HL and Mol JA (2019). Understanding resonant charge transport through weakly coupled single-molecule junctions. Nature Communications, Nature Research (part of Springer Nature) vol. 10 (1) 11-10-2019
Limburg B, Thomas JO, Sowa JK, Willick K, Baugh J, Gauger EM, Briggs GAD, Mol JA and Anderson HL (2019). Charge-state assignment of nanoscale single-electron transistors from their current-voltage characteristics. Nanoscale, Royal Society of Chemistry vol. 11 (31), 14820-14827. 21-08-2019
Swett JL, Kravchenko II, Dyck OE, Jesse S and Mol JA (2019). A Versatile Common Platform for Quantum Transport Measurements in Fluidic, Cryogenic, and In Situ Electron Microscopy Environments. Microscopy and Microanalysis, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 25 (S2), 972-973. 01-08-2019
Sowa JK, Mol JA and Gauger EM (2019). Marcus Theory of Thermoelectricity in Molecular Junctions. Journal of Physical Chemistry C vol. 123 (7), 4103-4108. 13-02-2019
2018
Schupp FJ, Mirza MM, MacLaren DA, Briggs GAD, Paul DJ and Mol JA (2018). Quantum interference in silicon one-dimensional junctionless nanowire field-effect transistors. Physical Review B vol. 98 (23) 26-12-2018
Harzheim A, Spiece J, Evangeli C, McCann E, Falko V, Sheng Y, Warner JH, Briggs GAD, Mol JA, Gehring P and Kolosov OV (2018). Geometrically Enhanced Thermoelectric Effects in Graphene Nanoconstrictions. Nano Letters vol. 18 (12), 7719-7725. 12-12-2018
Sarwat SG, Youngblood N, Au Y-Y, Mol JA, Wright CD and Bhaskaran H (2018). Engineering Interface-Dependent Photoconductivity in Ge2Sb2Te5 Nanoscale Devices. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, American Chemical Society (ACS) vol. 10 (51), 44906-44914. 03-12-2018
Sowa JK, Mol JA, Briggs GAD and Gauger EM (2018). Beyond Marcus theory and the Landauer-Büttiker approach in molecular junctions: A unified framework. J Chem Phys vol. 149 (15), 154112-154112. 19-10-2018
Puczkarski P, Wu Q, Sadeghi H, Hou S, Karimi A, Sheng Y, Warner JH, Lambert CJ, Briggs GAD and Mol JA (2018). Low-Frequency Noise in Graphene Tunnel Junctions. ACS Nano vol. 12 (9), 9451-9460. 25-09-2018
Limburg B, Thomas JO, Holloway G, Sadeghi H, Sangtarash S, Hou ICY, Cremers J, Narita A, Müllen K, Lambert CJ, Briggs GAD, Mol JA and Anderson HL (2018). Anchor Groups for Graphene-Porphyrin Single-Molecule Transistors. Advanced Functional Materials vol. 28 (45) 14-09-2018
Fried JP, Swett JL, Bian X and Mol JA (2018). Challenges in fabricating graphene nanodevices for electronic DNA sequencing. MRS Communications vol. 8 (3), 703-711. 06-09-2018
Sowa JK, Mol JA, Briggs GAD and Gauger EM (2018). Spiro-Conjugated Molecular Junctions: Between Jahn-Teller Distortion and Destructive Quantum Interference. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters vol. 9 (8), 1859-1865. 19-04-2018
Sarwat SG, Tweedie M, Porter BF, Zhou Y, Sheng Y, Mol J, Warner J and Bhaskaran H (2018). Revealing Strain-Induced Effects in Ultrathin Heterostructures at the Nanoscale. Nano Letters, American Chemical Society (ACS) vol. 18 (4), 2467-2474. 06-03-2018
2017
Gehring P, Harzheim A, Spièce J, Sheng Y, Rogers G, Evangeli C, Mishra A, Robinson BJ, Porfyrakis K, Warner JH, Kolosov OV, Briggs GAD and Mol JA (2017). Field-Effect Control of Graphene-Fullerene Thermoelectric Nanodevices. Nano Letters vol. 17 (11), 7055-7061. 08-11-2017
Sowa JK, Mol JA, Briggs GAD and Gauger EM (2017). Environment-assisted quantum transport through single-molecule junctions. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics vol. 19 (43), 29534-29539. 20-10-2017
Li Y, Holloway GW, Benjamin SC, Briggs GAD, Baugh J and Mol JA (2017). Double quantum dot memristor. Physical Review B vol. 96 (7) 31-08-2017
Puczkarski P, Swett JL and Mol JA (2017). Graphene nanoelectrodes for biomolecular sensing. Journal of Materials Research, Cambridge University Press (CUP) vol. 32 (15), 3002-3010. 14-08-2017
Sarwat SG, Gehring P, Rodriguez Hernandez G, Warner JH, Briggs GAD, Mol JA and Bhaskaran H (2017). Scaling Limits of Graphene Nanoelectrodes. Nano Lett vol. 17 (6), 3688-3693. 14-06-2017
Mirza MM, Schupp FJ, Mol JA, MacLaren DA, Briggs GAD and Paul DJ (2017). One dimensional transport in silicon nanowire junction-less field effect transistors. Scientific Reports, Springer Nature vol. 7 (1) 07-06-2017
Gehring P, Sowa JK, Cremers J, Wu Q, Sadeghi H, Sheng Y, Warner JH, Lambert CJ, Briggs GAD and Mol JA (2017). Distinguishing Lead and Molecule States in Graphene-Based Single-Electron Transistors. ACS Nano vol. 11 (6), 5325-5331. 21-04-2017
Sowa JK, Mol JA, Briggs GAD and Gauger EM (2017). Vibrational effects in charge transport through a molecular double quantum dot. Physical Review B vol. 95 (8) 16-02-2017
2016
Li Y, Mol JA, Benjamin SC and Briggs GAD (2016). Interference-based molecular transistors. Scientific Reports, Springer Nature vol. 6 (1) 20-09-2016
Gehring P, Sadeghi H, Sangtarash S, Lau CS, Liu J, Ardavan A, Warner JH, Lambert CJ, Briggs GAD and Mol JA (2016). Quantum Interference in Graphene Nanoconstrictions. Nano Letters vol. 16 (7), 4210-4216. 13-07-2016
Salfi J, Mol JA, Culcer D and Rogge S (2016). Charge-Insensitive Single-Atom Spin-Orbit Qubit in Silicon. Phys Rev Lett vol. 116 (24), 246801-246801. 17-06-2016
Salfi J, Mol JA, Rahman R, Klimeck G, Simmons MY, Hollenberg LCL and Rogge S (2016). Quantum simulation of the Hubbard model with dopant atoms in silicon. Nature Communications, Springer Nature vol. 7 (1) 20-04-2016
2015
Lau CS, Sadeghi H, Rogers G, Sangtarash S, Dallas P, Porfyrakis K, Warner J, Lambert CJ, Briggs GAD and Mol JA (2015). Redox-Dependent Franck–Condon Blockade and Avalanche Transport in a Graphene–Fullerene Single-Molecule Transistor. Nano Letters, American Chemical Society (ACS) vol. 16 (1), 170-176. 07-12-2015
Puczkarski P, Gehring P, Lau CS, Liu J, Ardavan A, Warner JH, Briggs GAD and Mol JA (2015). Three-terminal graphene single-electron transistor fabricated using feedback-controlled electroburning. Applied Physics Letters, AIP Publishing vol. 107 (13) 28-09-2015
Mol JA, Salfi J, Rahman R, Hsueh Y, Miwa JA, Klimeck G, Simmons MY and Rogge S (2015). Interface-induced heavy-hole/light-hole splitting of acceptors in silicon. Applied Physics Letters, AIP Publishing vol. 106 (20) 18-05-2015
Sadeghi H, Mol JA, Lau CS, Briggs GAD, Warner J and Lambert CJ (2015). Conductance enlargement in picoscale electroburnt graphene nanojunctions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences vol. 112 (9), 2658-2663. 17-02-2015
Mol JA, Lau CS, Lewis WJM, Sadeghi H, Roche C, Cnossen A, Warner JH, Lambert CJ, Anderson HL and Briggs GAD (2015). Graphene-porphyrin single-molecule transistors. Nanoscale, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) vol. 7 (31), 13181-13185. 01-01-2015
2014
van der Heijde J, Salfi J, Mol JA, Verduijn J, Tettamanzi GC, Hamilton AR, Collaert N and Rogge S (2014). Probing a Single Acceptor in a Silicon Nanotransistor. 2014 Silicon Nanoelectronics Workshop (SNW). 01-06-2014
Salfi J, Mol JA, Rahman R, Klimeck G, Simmons MY, Hollenberg LCL and Rogge S (2014). Spatially resolving valley quantum interference of a donor in silicon. Nature Materials, Springer Nature vol. 13 (6), 605-610. 06-04-2014
Zemen J, Mašek J, Kučera J, Mol JA, Motloch P and Jungwirth T (2014). Comparative study of tight-binding and ab initio electronic structure calculations focused on magnetic anisotropy in ordered CoPt alloy. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Elsevier vol. 356, 87-94. 01-04-2014
van der Heijden J, Salfi J, Mol JA, Verduijn J, Tettamanzi GC, Hamilton AR, Collaert N and Rogge S (2014). Probing the Spin States of a Single Acceptor Atom. Nano Letters, American Chemical Society (ACS) vol. 14 (3), 1492-1496. 03-03-2014
Lau CS, Mol JA, Warner JH and Briggs GAD (2014). Nanoscale control of graphene electrodes. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) vol. 16 (38), 20398-20401. 01-01-2014
2013
Miwa JA, Mol JA, Salfi J, Rogge S and Simmons MY (2013). Transport through a single donor in p-type silicon. Applied Physics Letters, AIP Publishing vol. 103 (4) 22-07-2013
Mol JA, Salfi J, Miwa JA, Simmons MY and Rogge S (2013). Interplay between quantum confinement and dielectric mismatch for ultrashallow dopants. Physical Review B, American Physical Society (APS) vol. 87 (24) 13-06-2013
Mol JA and Rogge S (2013). Circuits with Single-Atom Devices. Single-Atom Nanoelectronics 341-356. 17-04-2013
Mol JA and Rogge S (2013). Circuits with Single-Atom Devices. Single-Atom Nanoelectronics 329-343. 01-01-2013
2012
Fresch B, Verduijn J, Mol JA, Rogge S and Remacle F (2012). Querying a quasi-classical Oracle: One-bit function identification problem implemented in a single atom transistor. EPL (Europhysics Letters), IOP Publishing vol. 99 (2) 01-07-2012
2011
Mol JA, van der Heijden J, Verduijn J, Klein M, Remacle F and Rogge S (2011). Balanced ternary addition using a gated silicon nanowire. Applied Physics Letters, AIP Publishing vol. 99 (26) 26-12-2011
Mol JA, Verduijn J, Levine RD, Remacle F and Rogge S (2011). Integrated logic circuits using single-atom transistors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences vol. 108 (34), 13969-13972. 01-08-2011
2010
Johnson BC, Tettamanzi G, Yang C, Alves A, Van Donkelaar J, Thompson S, Verduijn A, Mol JA, Wacquez R, Vinet M, Dzurak A, Sanquer M, Rogge S and Jamieson D (2010). Single Ion Implantation into Si-Based Devices. 01-10-2010
Yan Y, Mol JA, Verduijn J, Rogge S, Levine RD and Remacle F (2010). Electrically Addressing a Molecule-Like Donor Pair in Silicon: An Atomic Scale Cyclable Full Adder Logic. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, American Chemical Society (ACS) vol. 114 (48), 20380-20386. 29-07-2010
Johnson BC, Alves A, Van Donkelaar J, Thompson S, Yang C, Jamieson D, Verduijn A, Mol J, Tettamanzi G, Rogge S, Wacquez R, Vinet M and Dzurak A (2010). Single Dopant Implantation into a Nanoscale MOSFET Devices. ECS Meeting Abstracts, The Electrochemical Society vol. MA2010-02 (23), 1570-1570. 08-07-2010
Johnson BC, Tettamanzi GC, Alves ADC, Thompson S, Yang C, Verduijn J, Mol JA, Wacquez R, Vinet M, Sanquer M, Rogge S and Jamieson DN (2010). Drain current modulation in a nanoscale field-effect-transistor channel by single dopant implantation. Applied Physics Letters, AIP Publishing vol. 96 (26) 28-06-2010
Mol JA, Beentjes SPC and Rogge S (2010). A low temperature surface preparation method for STM nano-lithography on Si(100). Applied Surface Science, Elsevier vol. 256 (16), 5042-5045. 01-06-2010
Klein M, Mol JA, Verduijn J, Lansbergen GP, Rogge S, Levine RD and Remacle F (2010). Ternary logic implemented on a single dopant atom field effect silicon transistor. Applied Physics Letters, AIP Publishing vol. 96 (4) 25-01-2010
2009
Klein M, Lansbergen GP, Mol JA, Rogge S, Levine RD and Remacle F (2009). Reconfigurable Logic Devices on a Single Dopant Atom—Operation up to a Full Adder by Using Electrical Spectroscopy. ChemPhysChem, Wiley vol. 10 (1), 162-173. 07-01-2009
2008
Li Z, Mol JA, Lagae L, Borghs G, Mertens R and Van Roy W (2008). Pulsed field induced magnetization switching in (Ga,Mn)As. Applied Physics Letters, AIP Publishing vol. 92 (11) 17-03-2008
Grants
Grants of specific relevance to the Centre for Chemical ResearchBio-molecular nanocarbon junctions for low-power computingMatteo Palma and Jan Mol
£95,848 Defence Science and Technology Lab.-GOV UK (01-10-2022 - 30-09-2025)
Single-Electron Quantum Devices for Ultra-Low Background Particle Detection ExperimentsJames Thomas, Adrian Bevan and Jan Mol
£36,893 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC) (01-11-2023 - 31-01-2024)
Wohl Clean Growth Alliance Grant: Fabrication of a micro-fuel cellJan Mol
£10,000 British Council (03-10-2021 - 31-07-2023)