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Dipoles, conjugation and molecular electronics Kovalchuk, Andrii
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Propositions
belonging to the thesis
Dipoles, Conjugation and Molecular Electronics
by
Andrii Kovalchuk
1. Bias induced (de)localization of the frontier states that mitigate transport can cause asymmetry in current/voltage characteristic of a molecular junction. 2. Transition voltages represent an easy way to acquire information about the energy level alignment inside the junction.
3. Sometimes science is more art than science.
4. A single methylene unit inserted into an OPE3-based molecular wire is enough to measurably reduce the strength of the coupling to the bottom electrode.
5. The solution based understanding of pKa is inapplicable in the case of a
surface-bound monolayer. Hence, a self-assembled monolayer comprising ω-thiol carboxylic acids can be protonated by water.
6. Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge. 7. The over-reliance on metrics stifles curiosity-driven, fundamental science. 8. Nobody exists on purpose. Nobody belongs anywhere. We’re all going to die. Come watch TV.
