Metal nanoparticles (NPs) find widespread application as a result of their unique physical
and chemical properties. NPs have generated considerable interest in catalysis and …

We review the fascinating research on charge transport through switchable molecules. In the
past decade, detailed investigations have been performed on a great variety of molecular …

Controlling the electrical conductance and in particular the occurrence of quantum
interference in single-molecule junctions through gating effects has potential for the …

We report a combined experimental and theoretical investigation of the length dependence
and anchor group dependence of the electrical conductance of a series of oligoyne …

The charge transport characteristics of 11 tailor-made dithiol-terminated oligo (phenylene-
ethynylene)(OPE)-type molecules attached to two gold electrodes were studied at a …

The conductance of a family of biphenyl-dithiol derivatives with conformationally fixed
torsion angle was measured using the scanning tunneling microscopy (STM)-break-junction …

Abstract π-Conjugation plays an important role in charge transport through single molecular
junctions. We describe in this paper the construction of a mechanically controlled break …

Polyoxometalates have been proposed in the literature as nanoelectronic components,
where they could offer key advantages with their structural versatility and rich …

Organic paramagnetic and electroactive molecules are attracting interest as core
components of molecular electronic and spintronic devices. Currently, further progress is …

As a primary energy source, electricity drives broad fields from everyday electronic circuits to
industrial chemical catalysis. From a chemistry viewpoint, studying electric field effects on …