Incorporating molecular photoswitches into various materials provides unique opportunities
for controlling their properties and functions with high spatiotemporal resolution using …

Photochromic molecules exhibit photoresponsive variations in their physical properties. For
example, energy level, π-conjugation, dipole moment, ionic state and steric conformation …

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

This Concept article will give a glimpse into chemical design principles for exploiting
quantum interference (QI) effects in molecular‐scale devices. Direct observation of room …

Molecules are fascinating candidates for constructing tunable and electrically conducting
devices by the assembly of either a single molecule or an ensemble of molecules between …

Enhancing the gating performance of single-molecule conductance is significant for
realizing molecular transistors. Herein, we report a new strategy to improve the …

Single-molecule optoelectronic devices promise a potential solution for miniaturization and
functionalization of silicon-based microelectronic circuits in the future. For decades of its fast …

We report on a theoretical analysis and experimental verification of a mechanism for
photoconductance, the change in conductance upon illumination, in symmetric single …

Organic photochromic compounds have been widely investigated for optical memory
storage and switches. Very recently, we pioneeringly discovered optical control of …

Recent advances in single-molecule electronics hold promise to go beyond the initial idea of
constructing molecular devices and offer new opportunities to investigate single-molecule …