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

Plasmonics offer unprecedented control over light and stimulate fundamental research and
engineering applications in solar energy. The surface plasmon resonance is responsible for …

Discoveries in quantum materials, which are characterized by the strongly quantum-
mechanical nature of electrons and atoms, have revealed exotic properties that arise from …

Picocavities are sub-nanometer-scale optical cavities recently found to trap light, which are
formed by single-atom defects on metallic facets. Here, we develop simple picocavity …

Plasmonic nanocavities are able to engineer and confine electromagnetic fields to
subwavelength volumes. In the past decade, they have enabled a large set of applications …

Solvated electrons are powerful reducing agents capable of driving some of the most
energetically expensive reduction reactions. Their generation under mild and sustainable …

In the past decade, advances in nanotechnology have led to the development of plasmonic
nanocavities that facilitate light–matter strong coupling in ambient conditions. The most …

Transient bonds between molecules and metal surfaces underpin catalysis, bio/molecular
sensing, molecular electronics, and electrochemistry. Techniques aiming to characterize …

Transient atomic protrusions in plasmonic nanocavities confine optical fields to sub-1-nm3
picocavities, allowing the optical interrogation of single molecules at room temperature …

Strong light–matter interaction is at the heart of modern quantum technological applications
and is the basis for a wide range of rich optical phenomena. Coupling a single quantum …