Molecular junctions are building blocks for constructing future nanoelectronic devices that
enable the investigation of a broad range of electronic transport properties within nanoscale …

The idea of using individual molecules as active electronic components provided the
impetus to develop a variety of experimental platforms to probe their electronic transport …

We investigate theoretically the effects of generation and injection of plasmonic carriers from
an optically excited metal nanocrystal to a semiconductor contact or to surface molecules …

An optofluidic system was constructed from a diode laser as the energy source, an aqueous
suspension of plasmonic nanostructures as the photothermal transducer, and a glass …

Short chains of porphyrin molecules can mediate electron transport over distances as long
as 5–10 nm with low attenuation. This means that porphyrin-based molecular wires could be …

The ability to prepare noble metal nanostructures of a desired composition, size, and shape
enables their resulting properties to be exquisitely tailored, which has led to the use of these …

The optical properties of a nanoparticle dimer bridged by a conductive junction depend
strongly on the junction conductivity. As the conductivity increases, the bonding dimer …

The fundamental role of halide anions in the seed-mediated synthesis of anisotropic noble
metal nanostructures has been a subject of debate within the nanomaterials community …

Polarization-controlled excitation of plasmonic modes in nanometric Au particle-on-film gaps
is investigated experimentally using single-particle dark-field spectroscopy. Two distinct …

Plasmonic metal nanostructures have recently attracted extensive research and developed
into a promise approach for enhancing the performance of various optoelectronic devices …