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A device model of biological molecule sensors based on semiconductor nanowires has been developed. This model of a bioFET is based on the concept of the electrolytic absolute electrode potential. From that starting point a semiconductor…

Correlative light and electron microscopy promises to combine molecular specificity with nanoscale imaging resolution. However, there are substantial technical challenges including reliable co-registration of optical and electron images,…

Building on our prior work, where our team transcended self assembled molecular monolayers (SAMs) research from a 2D configuration to 3D structured materials and successfully introduced the molecular self assembled 3D printer to fabricate…

For the first time, ordered polar molecules confined in monolayer-deep rectangular pits produced on an alkali halide surface by electron irradiation have been resolved at room temperature by non-contact atomic force microscopy. Molecules…

The interfaces between metal electrodes and liquid electrolytes are prototypical in electrochemistry. That is why it is crucial to have a molecular and dynamical understating of such interfaces for both electrical properties and chemical…