Understanding the single-molecule switching mechanism in densely packed, rationally
designed, and highly organized nanostructures is crucial for practical applications such as …

Making electronic devices using a single molecule has been the ultimate goal of molecular
electronics. For binary data storage in particular, the challenge has been the ability to switch …

The realization of molecular electronic devices relies on the ability to perform elementary
operations with functional molecules. Molecular switches are established candidates to …

The switching induced by the scanning tunneling microscope (STM) current of an adsorbed
hydrogen molecule in the cavity of a naphthalocyanine molecule between two perpendicular …

One particularly fascinating vision for charge-operated devices is the controlled assembly of
structures from single surface-deposited molecules. Here, we report on the assembly of …

Molecular electronics has been proposed as a pathway for high-density nanoelectronic
devices. This pathway involves the development of a molecular memory device based on …

One of the key challenges in the construction of atomic-scale circuits and molecular
machines is to design molecular rotors and switches by controlling the linear or rotational …

A reversible, orientational switching of subphthalocyanine molecules was observed with a
scanning tunneling microscope. The asymmetric, polar molecules adsorbed in an epitaxial …

Two-dimensional (2D) self-assembled 1, 3, 5-tris (10-carboxydecyloxy) benzene (TCDB)
networks connected by hydrogen bonds on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) …

We demonstrate a molecular switch of a single Cl-down adsorbed choloraluminum
phthalocyanine (ClAlPc) molecule on a Cu (111) substrate by scanning tunneling …