Manufacturing at the atomic scale is the next generation of the industrial revolution. Atomic
and close-to-atomic scale manufacturing (ACSM) helps to achieve this. Atomic force …

It is now possible to measure the electrical properties of single molecules using a variety of
techniques including scanning probe microcopies and mechanically controlled break …

The most probable single-molecule conductance of each member of a series of 12
conjugated molecular wires, 6 of which contain either a ruthenium or platinum center …

Organic paramagnetic and electroactive molecules are attracting interest as core
components of molecular electronic and spintronic devices. Currently, further progress is …

Most progress on optical nanoparticle control has been in liquids, while optical control in air
has proven more challenging. By utilizing an air chamber designed to have a minimum of …

The societal impact of the electronics industry is enormous—not to mention how this industry
impinges on the global economy. The foreseen limits of the current technology—technical …

Robust molecule–metal linkages are essential for developing high-performance and air-
stable devices for molecular and organic electronics. In this work, we report a facile method …

Molecular junctions have proven invaluable tools through which to explore the electronic
properties of molecules and molecular monolayers. In seeking to develop a viable molecular …

Quantum interference (QI) is well recognised as a significant contributing factor to the
magnitude of molecular conductance values in both single-molecule and large area …

Nascent molecular electronic devices based on linear 'all-carbon'wires attached to gold
electrodes through robust and reliable C–Au contacts are prepared via efficient in situ …