The widespread use of molecular machines in biology has long suggested that great
rewards could come from bridging the gap between synthetic molecular systems and the …

In the present review paper we present and discuss our latest contributions to the field of
molecular motors and gears, exploiting half-sandwich complexes of the family of …

Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) manipulation techniques have proven to be a
powerful method for advanced nanofabrication of artificial molecular architectures on …

This paper describes the synthesis of triptycene‐based building blocks that are able to
interact through hydrogen bonds to form one‐dimensional self‐assembled motifs on …

Several methods were developed in the last decades to manipulate molecules using the tip
of a scanning tunneling microscope (STM). In this chapter, experiments will be reviewed …

The formation of supramolecular rotor-type systems on surfaces under ambient conditions is
discussed. We present in detail the assembly of a rotor on a gold surface from solution …

Starting from the requirement of fabricating a large atomic flat surface for supporting a
functioning electronic atomic scale circuit, the different possible architectures of an atomic …

The aim of this thesis is the investigation of switching properties of single organic molecules,
which can be used as molecular latches on a passivated silicon surface. Suitable molecules …

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Molecules for molecular manipulation experiments are often specially designed and
synthesized optimizing their interaction with the surface and tailoring their mechanical and …