We used porphyrin based molecular wires, to investigate the influence of the mechanical stretching on single molecule charge transport properties. We show two examples of the mechanical tuning of charge transport properties ...

DFT calculations were performed on a biphenyl-based molecule bonded to gold nanoleads in order to evaluate its potential as a reversible molecular switch. The torsion angle (φ) between the aromatic rings may be controlled ...

A stochastic model which may be used to analyze the formation of bonds connecting the interface formed by a substrate surface and a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) tip is presented. The model is tested by means of ...

Direct measurement of single-molecule electrical transparency by break junction experiments has become a major field of research over the two last decades. This review specifically and comprehensively highlights the use ...

The search of new means of generating and controlling topological states of matter is at the front of many joint efforts, including band-gap engineering by doping and light-induced topological states. Most of our understading, ...