🔓 #OpenAccess: "Low Vapor Pressure Solvents for Single-Molecule Junction Measurements" by Kim, Czyszczon-Burton, Nguyen, Stukey, Lazar, Prana, Miao, Park, Chen, & Inkpen pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

Check out our latest publication on "Investigating the influence of oriented external electric field on modulating spin transition temperatures in Fe(II) spin crossover complexes: a theoretical perspective" pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Who are Chidambar Kulkarni's science 'heroes'? Chidambar Kulkarni Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay Find out on his #IntroducingAngewandte page x.com/16467437/statu… onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

Finding practical solutions to plastic problems: Megan Fieser Q&A today.usc.edu/finding-practi…

Read about our latest paper published in J. Am. Chem. Soc. regarding the assembly, organization, and composition of charged SAMs and highlights new opportunities in the design of multicomponent monolayer assemblies. pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPrize in Chemistry with one half to David Baker “for computational protein design” and the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper “for protein structure prediction.”

It is with profound sadness that we mourn the passing of Mr. Ratan Tata, a cherished friend, and esteemed USC Life Trustee.

Read about our yet another paper published in J. Am. Chem. Soc. on how electronically transparent Ag-C(Sp3) contacts result in low conductance junctions. Congratulations all the authors!! pubs-acs-org.libproxy2.usc.edu/doi/full/10.10…

For the first time in history, the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Dodgers and USC Football ✌️ all won on the same day! LA is 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝙇𝘼𝗖𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗘. ✌️

A "Spin-Phonon Relaxation in Molecular Magnets (SPMM)," workshop is being organized tomorrow (Oct 29, 2024) in Seminar room as part of the IoE/IRCC seed funding for International Collaboration (SCPP) (please see the attached flyer for details) Maheswaran Shanmugam

Third J. Am. Chem. Soc. on the trot from our group! This work that helps to rationalize the dual roles that linker chemical structure and metal electrode Lewis character can play in mediating interfacial reactions in STM-BJ. PFA link ⬇️ pubs-acs-org.libproxy2.usc.edu/doi/epdf/10.10…

Lewis-Acid Mediated Reactivity in Single-Molecule Junctions | Journal of the American Chemical Society USC Chemistry USC #LewisAcidic #SingleMolecule #Junction pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

.USC Football ✌️ wins the Battle of LA ‼️✌️

POSTDOC AD: I'm looking to hire a postdoc who can bring their expertise in low-valent main group molecular synthesis and apply it to applications in molecular electronics. Sounds cool, right? More details and application instructions are attached. Please help spread the word!

Read about the latest paper Inorganic Chemistry from our group that highlights electronic stability and electrochemical properties of (Os(aryl)4) tetraryl complexes and its potential utility as building blocks for molecular devices. doi.org/10.1021/acs.in… Congrats to all the authors!

I am glad to share my first publication from PhD which is indeed a great feeling:) Congratulations to all the authors who worked really hard to put all the pieces together! More osmium chemistry yet to come!! Stay tuned;) pubs-acs-org.libproxy2.usc.edu/doi/10.1021/ac… USC Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry

I am thrilled to announce that my first first author paper just got published in ACS Publications The Journal of Physical Chemistry Au. USC Chemistry We report the solution-based single molecule conductance measurements of bis (carboxylic acids) in non conducting solvent. pubs-acs-org.libproxy2.usc.edu/doi/full/10.10…

In our latest preprint, we introduce rhodamines as new scaffolds for molecular electronics. We harness rhodamine's lactone-zwitterion bistability to access on/off conductance ratios that are among the highest reported for chemically-induced switches. tinyurl.com/7r4wbpeb

BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.”

Switchable Rhodamines for Molecular Electronics | Journal of the American Chemical Society UC Riverside pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…