The art of building small: from molecular switches to motors (Nobel Lecture)

BL Feringa - Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2017 - research.rug.nl
A journey into the nano-world: The ability to design, use and control motor-like functions at
the molecular level sets the stage for numerous dynamic molecular systems. In his Nobel …

Molecular-scale electronics: from concept to function

D **ang, X Wang, C Jia, T Lee, X Guo - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Creating functional electrical circuits using individual or ensemble molecules, often termed
as “molecular-scale electronics”, not only meets the increasing technical demands of the …

Photochromism of diarylethene molecules and crystals: memories, switches, and actuators

M Irie, T Fukaminato, K Matsuda, S Kobatake - Chemical Reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Photochromism is defined as a reversible transformation of a chemical species between two
isomers having different absorption spectra induced in one or both directions by …

Advances and challenges in single-molecule electron transport

F Evers, R Korytár, S Tewari, JM Van Ruitenbeek - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2020 - APS
Electronic transport properties of single-molecule junctions have been widely measured by
several techniques, including mechanically controllable break junctions, electromigration …

Chemical principles of single-molecule electronics

TA Su, M Neupane, ML Steigerwald… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
The field of single-molecule electronics harnesses expertise from engineering, physics and
chemistry to realize circuit elements at the limit of miniaturization; it is a subfield of …

Plant-Extract-Assisted Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Origanum vulgare L. Extract and Their Microbicidal Activities

MR Shaik, M Khan, M Kuniyil, A Al-Warthan… - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
Plant-mediated green synthesis of nanomaterials has been increasingly gaining popularity
due to its eco-friendly nature and cost-effectiveness. In the present study, we synthesized …

Activating the molecular spinterface

M Cinchetti, VA Dediu, LE Hueso - Nature materials, 2017 - nature.com
The miniaturization trend in the semiconductor industry has led to the understanding that
interfacial properties are crucial for device behaviour. Spintronics has not been alien to this …

Plasmons in strongly coupled metallic nanostructures

NJ Halas, S Lal, WS Chang, S Link… - Chemical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
The vivid optical properties of noble metal nanoparticles have been an object of fascination
since ancient times. The ruby red of stained glass windows arises from gold nanoparticles …