(Nanowerk News) Artificial molecular machines, nanoscale machines consisting of a few molecules, offer the potential to transform fields involving catalysts, molecular electronics, medicines, and ...

Researchers flip the switch at the nanoscale by applying light to induce bonding for single-molecule device switching. In a new Nature Communications study, Columbia Engineering researchers report ...

The study of ferrocene-based peptides has emerged as a vibrant interdisciplinary field, bridging organometallic chemistry, peptide science and materials research. Ferrocene, with its robust ...

The complex of ammonium-linked ferrocene (Fc-amm) and crown ether is assembled on a Cu(111) surface, and its sliding motion is activated by hole injection into the ferrocene group using scanning ...

In a new Nature Communications study, Columbia Engineering researchers report that they have built highly conductive, tunable single-molecule devices in which the molecule is attached to leads by ...