The third industrial revolution has brought mankind into the information age. The
development of information storage materials has played a key role in this transformation …

We have proposed a novel strategy for artificial photosynthesis where porphyrins and
fullerenes are assembled as building blocks into nanostructured artificial photosynthetic …

We investigate electronic transport through two types of conjugated molecules. Mechanically
controlled break junctions are used to couple thiol end groups of single molecules to two …

Aromaticity is a fundamental concept in chemistry. It is described by Hückel's rule that states
that a cyclic planar π-system is aromatic when it shares 4 n+ 2 π-electrons and antiaromatic …

The development of bioinspired catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction is one of the most
prominent pathways in the search for active materials to replace Pt-based catalysts in fuel …

The attachment of redox-active molecules such as porphyrins to an electroactive surface
provides an attractive approach for electrically addressable molecular-based information …

A molecular approach to information storage is described that uses porphyrins attached to a
Au microelectrode as the memory storage element. A set of four zinc porphyrins has been …

Abstract In this Progress Report, we discuss our recent achievements in design and
synthesis of new functional molecules towards information processing at the molecular level …

Tetrapyrrole macrocycles are central to photosynthesis yet a single macrocycle does not
carry out photosynthesis; rather, assemblies of tetrapyrrole macrocycles work in concert in …

We investigate electronic transport through single conjugated molecules, and compare our
data to results of quantum chemical calculations. Conductance spectra of two types of …