single molecules
Molecular telegraphy
– precisely sending and receiving single molecules Researchers of the University of Graz, Austria, managed to send single molecules to a distant location and receive them from there. The study…
Charges cascading along a molecular chain
Removing one charged molecule from a one-dimensional array causes the others to alternately turn ‘on’ or ‘off,’ paving the way for information transfer in tiny circuits. Small electronic circuits power…
Researchers observe ultrafast processes of single molecules in liquid helium for the first time
Markus Koch, head of the research group Femtosecond Dynamics at the Institute of Experimental Physics at TU Graz, and his team develop new methods for…
Ultrafast stimulated emission microscopy of single nanocrystals in Science
Ultrafast microscopy studies entirely rely on detecting nanoparticles or single molecules with luminescence techniques, which require efficient emitters to…
The ever-changing brain: Shining a light on synaptic plasticity
Synapses – specialized structures in neurons – allow these nerve cells to communicate with one another. In the synapse, one neuron emits chemical messengers…
Heat flow through single molecules detected
Around 2000, scientists first measured how electrons flow through single molecules. Other properties, such as how molecules emit light, have also been studied….