Confining molecules can fundamentally change their chemical and physical properties.
Confinement effects are considered instrumental at various stages of the origins of life, and …

Scanning probe microscopy (SPM), a key invention in nanoscience, has by now been
extended to a wide spectrum of basic and applied fields. Its application to basic science led …

Chemical reactions tend to be conceptualized in terms of individual molecules transforming
into products, but are usually observed in experiments that probe the average behaviour of …

Carbon allotropes built from rings of two-coordinate atoms, known as cyclo [n] carbons, have
fascinated chemists for many years, but until now they could not be isolated or structurally …

On-surface synthesis is appearing as an extremely promising research field aimed at
creating new organic materials. A large number of chemical reactions have been …

Creating functional electrical circuits using individual or ensemble molecules, often termed
as “molecular-scale electronics”, not only meets the increasing technical demands of the …

Unlike classic spins, quantum magnets are spin systems that interact via the exchange
interaction and exhibit collective quantum behaviours, such as fractional excitations …

Nanomaterials are finding increasing use for biomedical applications such as imaging,
diagnostics, and drug delivery. While it is well understood that nanoparticle (NP) physico …

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) was introduced in 1986 and has since made its way into
surface science, nanoscience, chemistry, biology, and material science as an imaging and …

Triangulene, the smallest triplet-ground-state polybenzenoid (also known as Clar's
hydrocarbon), has been an enigmatic molecule ever since its existence was first …