Electronic transport properties of single-molecule junctions have been widely measured by
several techniques, including mechanically controllable break junctions, electromigration …

Carbon nanotubes are a versatile material in which many aspects of condensed matter
physics come together. Recent discoveries have uncovered new phenomena that …

Graphene nanoribbons synthesized using bottom-up approaches can be structured with
atomic precision, allowing their physical properties to be precisely controlled. For …

Mechanical systems are ideal candidates for studying quantum behavior of macroscopic
objects. To this end, a mechanical resonator has to be cooled to its ground state and its …

We review recent theoretical work on thermoelectric energy harvesting in multi-terminal
quantum-dot setups. We first discuss several examples of nanoscale heat engines based on …

Molecular junctions, where single molecules are bound to metal or semiconductor
electrodes, represent a unique architecture to investigate molecules in a distinct …

We consider a system composed of a two-level system (ie, a qubit) and a harmonic oscillator
in the ultrastrong-coupling regime, where the coupling strength is comparable to the qubit …

Nanoscale resonators that oscillate at high frequencies are useful in many measurement
applications. We studied a high-quality mechanical resonator made from a suspended …

Electron transfer (ET) is a fundamental process in a wide range of biological systems,
photovoltaics and molecular electronics. Therefore to understand the relationship between …

Magnetic relaxation processes were first discussed for a crystal of paramagnetic transition
ions. It was suggested that mechanical vibrations of the crystal lattice (phonons) modulate …