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Single Molecule Spectroscopy
Author(s) -
Latychevskaia Tatiana Y U.,
Liang Kuo Kan,
Hayashi Michitoshi,
Chang ChungHung,
Renn Alois,
Wild Ur S. P.,
Hsu JuiHung,
Chang TaChau,
Lin Sheng Hsien
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of the chinese chemical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.329
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 2192-6549
pISSN - 0009-4536
DOI - 10.1002/jccs.200300075
Subject(s) - chemistry , biomolecule , molecule , chemical physics , nanotechnology , spectroscopy , current (fluid) , thermodynamics , organic chemistry , physics , materials science , biochemistry , quantum mechanics
Single molecular experiments carried out in the group of Prof. Wild in ETH Zurich, as well as the experimental and theoretical studies of several research groups in Taiwan, have been summarized in this review. It is shown that with the contemporary technologies, single molecular experiments can be carried out under a broad range of physical conditions. These includes low and room temperatures; in vacuum, in solution, in the air, or with specific pressure applied on the sample; in applied direct‐current or alternating‐current electric fields; on molecules in solid matrices, in gel, or even functioning biomolecules in vitro. Theoretical efforts have been able to help identifying the interactions of single molecules with their surroundings that modulate their static or time‐resolved spectroscopic properties. The joint experimental and theoretical effort to develop the research techniques in single molecular experiments is shown to be fruitful, and future works in this direction are important for many fields in chemistry, physics, and biology.