A hybrid synthesis strategy enables complex molecular architectures to function as a single electronic system.

As silicon-based electronics approach fundamental limits, researchers are turning to molecules as the smallest possible functional devices. Molecular electronics replaces conventional transistors with ...

Scientists have created microlasers capable of detecting individual molecules and even single atomic ions, a development that ...

Fullerene's perfect symmetry turns a long-standing weakness of molecular electronics into a programmable three-state switch.

Researchers have developed molecular wires with periodic twists. By controlling the lengths of regions between twists, the electrical conductivity of individual polymer chains can be enhanced. This ...