This is a short communication based on recent high-impact publications related to how
various chemical materials and substrate modifications could be tuned for nano-and …

Plexcitonics is a rapidly developing interdisciplinary field that holds immense potential for
the creation of innovative optical technologies and devices. This field focuses on …

Given its central role in utilizing light energy, photoinduced electron transfer (PET) from an
excited molecule has been widely studied,,,,–. However, even though microscopic …

Spontaneous fluorescence rates of single-molecule emitters are typically on the order of
nanoseconds. However, coupling them with plasmonic nanostructures can substantially …

The interactions of the excited states of a single chromophore with static and dynamic
electric fields spatially varying at the atomic scale are investigated in a joint experimental …

The spintronic properties of magnetic molecules have attracted significant scientific
attention. Special emphasis has been placed on the qubit for quantum information …

Efficient upconversion electroluminescence is highly desirable for a broad range of
optoelectronic applications, yet to date, it has been reported only for ensemble systems …

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 review some of the progress of single-molecule optical experiments in the past 20 years
and propose some perspectives for the coming years. We particularly focus on …

Electromagnetic fields can be confined in the presence of metal nanostructures. Recently,
subnanometer scale confinement has been demonstrated to occur at atomic protrusions on …