We combine experiment, theory, and first-principles-based calculations to study the light-
induced plasmon-mediated electron transport characteristics of a molecular-scale junction …

Interfacial dephasing of plasmons can take place by several mechanisms. Deterministic
control over their relative contributions to interfacial charge transfer is essential for many …

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is an experimental tool for accessing
vibrational and chemical information, down to the single molecule level. SERS typically …

Electrically connected and plasmonically enhanced molecular junctions combine the optical
functionalities of high field confinement and enhancement (cavity function), and of high …

The effect of surface plasmons on the conductance of single-molecule junctions is studied
using a squeezable break junction setup. We show that the conductance of 2, 7 …

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

Plasmon excitation in molecular tunnel junctions is interesting because the plasmonic
properties of the device can be, in principle, controlled by varying the chemical structure of …

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is enabled by local surface plasmon
resonances (LSPRs) in metallic nanogaps. When SERS is excited by direct illumination of …

The significant electric field enhancements that occur in plasmonic nanogap junctions are
instrumental in boosting the performance of spectroscopy, optoelectronics and catalysis …

Nanoparticles attached just above a flat metallic surface can trap optical fields in the
nanoscale gap. This enables local spectroscopy of a few molecules within each coupled …