Using individual molecules as conducting bridges for electrons offers opportunities when
investigating quantum phenomena that are not readily accessible from experiments …

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) and related spectroscopies are powered
primarily by the concentration of the electromagnetic (EM) fields associated with light in or …

Core–shell nanoparticles are at the leading edge of the hot research topics and offer a wide
range of applications in optics, biomedicine, environmental science, materials, catalysis …

Since 2000, there has been an explosion of activity in the field of plasmon-enhanced Raman
spectroscopy (PERS), including surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), tip …

Creating functional electrical circuits using individual or ensemble molecules, often termed
as “molecular-scale electronics”, not only meets the increasing technical demands of the …

Single-molecule (SM) surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) and tip-enhanced
Raman spectroscopy (TERS) have emerged as analytical techniques for characterizing …

With the development of renewable energy and electrified transportation, electrochemical
energy storage will be more important in the future than it has ever been in the past …

Visualizing individual molecules with chemical recognition is a longstanding target in
catalysis, molecular nanotechnology and biotechnology. Molecular vibrations provide a …

The idea of using individual molecules as active electronic components provided the
impetus to develop a variety of experimental platforms to probe their electronic transport …

An atomic-and molecular-level understanding of heterogeneous catalysis is required to
characterize the nature of active sites and improve the rational design of catalysts …