We report on the formation of a metal-molecule complex that can be used as a molecular
switch. Using a cryogenic scanning tunneling microscope, a covalent bond was formed …

The development of a variety of nanoscale applications, requires the fabrication and control
of atomic,, or molecular switches, that can be reversibly operated by light, a short-range …

Gold− molecule− gold junctions can be formed by carefully breaking a gold wire in a
solution containing dithiolated molecules. Surprisingly, there is little understanding on the …

Au/molecule/Ag junctions are shown to behave as voltage-controlled two-state switches. In
the open state, the current-voltage behavior is consistent with a metal-molecule-metal tunnel …

Thiol-tethered RuII terpyridine complexes were synthesized for a voltage-driven molecular
switch and used to understand the switch-on mechanism of the molecular switches of single …

Molecules of benzene-1, 4-dithiol were self-assembled onto the two facing gold electrodes
of a mechanically controllable break junction to form a statically stable gold-sulfur-aryl-sulfur …

We present transport measurements of single-molecule junctions bridged by a molecule
with three benzene rings connected by two double bonds and with thiol end-groups that …

Using a break junction technique, we find a clear signature for the formation of conducting
hybrid junctions composed of a single organic molecule (benzene, naphthalene, or …

Molecular-scale components are expected to be central to the realization of nanoscale
electronic devices,,. Although molecular-scale switching has been reported in atomic …

The electronic connection of single molecules to nanoelectrodes on a surface is a basic,
unsolved problem in the emerging field of molecular nanoelectronics. By means of variable …