The widespread use of molecular machines in biology has long suggested that great
rewards could come from bridging the gap between synthetic molecular systems and the …

Porphyrins and other tetrapyrrole macrocycles possess an impressive variety of functional
properties that have been exploited in natural and artificial systems. Different metal centres …

Resolving individual atoms has always been the ultimate goal of surface microscopy. The
scanning tunneling microscope images atomic-scale features on surfaces, but resolving …

The widespread use of controlled molecular‐level motion in key natural processes suggests
that great rewards could come from bridging the gap between the present generation of …

To many, periodic mechanical conformational motion of molecules is mesmerizing to a
degree that is difficult to explain rationally: It is almost as hard to stop watching an image of …

Transport of electrons in a single molecule junction is the simplest problem in the general
subject area of molecular electronics. In the past few years, this area has been extended to …

Using scanning probe microscopy techniques, at low temperatures and in ultrahigh vacuum,
individual molecules adsorbed on surfaces can be probed with ultrahigh resolution to …

Using atomic manipulation, one can dissociate, form and rearrange bonds, as well as alter
the conformation or charge state of molecules. The molecular structures of reactants …

The development of a variety of nanoscale applications, requires the fabrication and control
of atomic,, or molecular switches, that can be reversibly operated by light, a short-range …

Atomic Switch Networks comprising silver iodide (AgI) junctions, a material previously
unexplored as functional memristive elements within highly interconnected nanowire …