[2.2] Paracyclophane 1 (Pc) was prepared and isolated by Brown and Farthing in 1949.
Cram was the first to systematically investigate its chemical behaviour, helping to grasp the …

We report low-temperature charge transport measurements of metal− molecule− metal
junctions. Studies on insulating alkyl and π-conjugated molecular wires provide …

An important challenge in developing ultra-sensitive surface enhanced Raman
spectroscopy (SERS) platforms lies in the creation of nanoscale hot spots, locations where …

The development of one-dimensional fluorescent nanowires (1D-NWs) and their higher-
dimensional architectures such as nanowebs and nanofabrics (2D-NFs) could open a new …

The function of organic semiconducting and light-harvesting materials depends on the
organization of the individual molecular components. Our group has tackled the problem of …

A series of optically active cyclic compounds based on the planar chiral tetrasubstituted [2.2]
paracyclophane core were synthesized to obtain luminescent materials with excellent …

This Article reports a systematic study on the formation of self-assembled monolayers
(SAMs) of conjugated molecules for molecular electronic (ME) devices. We monitored the …

We have synthesized a series of amphiphilic molecules consisting of oligo (phenylene
vinylene)(OPV) asymmetrically end-substituted with a hydrophilic poly (ethylene …

Low in, high out: Single crystals of a thiomethyl‐terminated oligo (phenylene vinylene)
exhibit unique photonic properties including strong anisotropic solid‐state fluorescence (see …

Optically active, Fréchet‐type dendrimers containing an emissive X‐shaped π‐electron
system as the core unit were synthesized. Gram‐scale optical resolution and transformations …