Over the past two decades, various techniques for fabricating nano-gapped electrodes have
emerged, promoting rapid development in the field of single-molecule electronics, on both …

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

Through molecular engineering, single diarylethenes were covalently sandwiched between
graphene electrodes to form stable molecular conduction junctions. Our experimental and …

To realize molecular-scale electrical operations beyond the von Neumann bottleneck, new
types of multifunctional switches are needed that mimic self-learning or neuromorphic …

Presently, one of the most ambitious technological goals is the development of devices
working under the laws of quantum mechanics. One prominent target is the quantum …

To avoid crosstalk and suppress leakage currents in resistive random access memories
(RRAMs), a resistive switch and a current rectifier (diode) are usually combined in series in a …

Oriented external electric fields (OEEFs) offer a unique chance to tune catalytic selectivity by
orienting the alignment of the electric field along the axis of the activated bond for a specific …

Linear, sp-hybridised, 1-dimensional (1D) all-carbon wires are conceptually the simplest π-
conjugated organic molecules. Their fundamental experimental and theoretical properties …

To understand the electrical and charge transport phenomena in either single or large‐scale
molecular junctions, direct current (DC) measurements are mainly utilized. The current …

Chirality has been a property of central importance in physics, chemistry and biology for
more than a century. Recently, electrons were found to become spin polarized after …