Cooperative Self-Assembly of Dimer Junctions Driven by π Stacking Leads to Conductance Enhancement

X Pan, E Montes, WY Rojas, B Lawson, H Vázquez… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
We demonstrate enhanced electronic transport through dimer molecular junctions, which
self-assemble between two gold electrodes in π–π stabilized binding configurations. Single …

Single-Molecule Conductance of Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding in Histamine on Gold

X Pan, K Matthews, B Lawson… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We perform single-molecule conductance measurements and DFT calculations on
histamine, a biogenic amine that contains a flexible aliphatic linker and several nitrogen …

Nanoscale Manipulation of Single-Molecule Conformational Transition through Vibrational Excitation

W Quan, Z Wang, Y Shi, K Liang, L Bi… - Journal of the …, 2025 - ACS Publications
Controlling molecular actions on demand is a critical step toward developing single-
molecule functional devices. Such control can be achieved by manipulating the interactions …

Point-of-Use SERS Approach for Efficient Determination and Removal of Phthalic Acid Esters Based on a Metal–Organic Framework-Coated Melamine Sponge

P Hu, Y Zhang, H Wei, W Zhang, L Song… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Phthalic acid esters (PAEs) are ubiquitous environmental contaminants, and their real-time
monitoring and removal remain challenging. Herein, a point-of-use (POU) device integrating …

Conductance and assembly of quasi-1D coordination chain molecular junctions with triazole derivatives

Z Miao, X Pan, M Kamenetska - Dalton Transactions, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Incorporating transition metal atoms into metal-molecule-metal junctions presents
opportunities for exploring the electronic properties of coordination complexes …

Unraveling the Interplay between Quantum Transport and Geometrical Conformations in Monocyclic Hydrocarbons' Molecular Junctions

A Martinez-Garcia, T de Ara… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In the field of molecular electronics, especially in quantum transport experiments,
determining the geometrical configurations of a single molecule trapped between two …

DNA bases in the gap: correlation between relative SERS spectra and gap separation in gold nanoparticle dimers formed by nucleobase-induced aggregation

M Kasavetov, K Esashika, PJ Fons… - Optical Materials Express, 2025 - opg.optica.org
The gold nanoparticle (AuNP) dimer represents an interesting structure that combines the
chemical properties of AuNPs and its ability to generate a powerful plasmonic hotspot in the …

[PDF][PDF] SINGLE MOLECULE CONDUCTANCE SPECTROSCOPY: PROBING THE GOLD-BIO INTERFACE AT THE ATOMIC SCALE

X PAN - 2024 - sites.bu.edu
A version of this chapter has been published in Nano Letters, authored by Xiaoyun Pan,
Brent Lawson, Andrea M Rustad, and Maria Kamenetska. 26 I conducted the scanning …