Controlling a chemical coupling reaction on a surface: tools and strategies for on-surface synthesis

S Clair, DG de Oteyza - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
On-surface synthesis is appearing as an extremely promising research field aimed at
creating new organic materials. A large number of chemical reactions have been …

Covalent on-surface polymerization

L Grill, S Hecht - Nature Chemistry, 2020 - nature.com
With the rapid development of scanning probe microscopy, it has become possible to study
polymerization processes on suitable surfaces at the atomic level and in real space. In the …

Selective triplet exciton formation in a single molecule

K Kimura, K Miwa, H Imada, M Imai-Imada… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The formation of excitons in organic molecules by charge injection is an essential process in
organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs),,,,,–. According to a simple model based on spin …

[HTML][HTML] Frontiers of on-surface synthesis: From principles to applications

Q Shen, HY Gao, H Fuchs - Nano Today, 2017 - Elsevier
On-surface synthesis is the bottom-up construction of covalent bonds between molecular
building blocks, which has been greatly developed during the past decade. Dozens of …

Perspective: Theory of quantum transport in molecular junctions

M Thoss, F Evers - The Journal of chemical physics, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Molecular junctions, where single molecules are bound to metal or semiconductor
electrodes, represent a unique architecture to investigate molecules in a distinct …

Real-space investigation of energy transfer in heterogeneous molecular dimers

H Imada, K Miwa, M Imai-Imada, S Kawahara… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Given its central role in photosynthesis,,, and artificial energy-harvesting devices,,, energy
transfer has been widely studied using optical spectroscopy to monitor excitation dynamics …

Electrofluorochromism at the single-molecule level

B Doppagne, MC Chong, H Bulou, A Boeglin… - Science, 2018 - science.org
The interplay between the oxidation state and the optical properties of molecules is
important for applications in displays, sensors, and molecular-based memories. The …

Atomic-scale imaging and spectroscopy of electroluminescence at molecular interfaces

K Kuhnke, C Grosse, P Merino, K Kern - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
The conversion of electric power to light is an important scientific and technological
challenge. Advanced experimental methods have provided access to explore the relevant …

Single-molecule tautomerization tracking through space-and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy

B Doppagne, T Neuman, R Soria-Martinez… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Tautomerization, the interconversion between two constitutional molecular isomers, is
ubiquitous in nature, plays a major role in chemistry and is perceived as an ideal switch …

Tunable Fano Resonance and Enhanced Sensing in a Simple Au/TiO2 Hybrid Metasurface

Z He, W Xue, W Cui, C Li, Z Li, L Pu, J Feng, X Xiao… - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
We investigate Fano resonances and sensing enhancements in a simple Au/TiO2 hybrid
metasurface through the finite-different time-domain (FDTD) simulation and coupled mode …