  We study the low-frequency noise (LFN), i.e. flicker noise, also referred to
as 1/f noise, in 2D networks of molecularly functionalized gold nanoparticles
(NMN: nanoparticle-molecule network). We examine the noise behaviors of the NMN
hosting alkyl chains (octanethiol), fatty acid oleic acids (oleylamine), redox
molecule switches (polyoxometalate derivatives) or photo-isomerizable molecules
(azobenzene derivatives) and we compare their 1/f noise behaviors. These noise
metrics are used to evaluate which molecules are the best candidates to build
in-materio reservoir computing molecular devices based on NMNs.
