Nature Communications

Atomically precise construction of uniform single-molecule junctions for molecular electronics

M Mingyao Li B Bing Yin B Boyu Wang (Center of Single-Molecule Sciences, Institute of Modern Optics, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Micro-scale Optical Information Science and Technology, College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, 38 Tongyan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China) W Weilin Hu (Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, National Biomedical Imaging Center, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, 292 Chengfu Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100871, P. R. China) J Jie Cheng C Chunyan Gao (Center of Single-Molecule Sciences, Institute of Modern Optics, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Micro-scale Optical Information Science and Technology, College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, 38 Tongyan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China) Z Zezhou Li (Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Center for Integrated Spectroscopy, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.) Y Yang Xu C Chen Yang (Hangzhou Institute of Advanced Studies) X Xinmiao Xie (Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, National Biomedical Imaging Center, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, 292 Chengfu Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100871, P. R. China) J Jie Guo C Cong Zhao J Jinying Wang (Center of Single-Molecule Sciences, Institute of Modern Optics, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Micro-scale Optical Information Science and Technology, College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, 38 Tongyan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China) X Xike Gao Y Yanfeng Zhang (School of Chemistry, Institute of New Concept Sensors and Molecular Materials (INCSMM), State Key Laboratory of Fluorine & Nitrogen Chemicals, Engineering Research Center of Energy Storage Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Xi’an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Polymer Materials) J Jihan Zhou (Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Center for Integrated Spectroscopy, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.) Z Zhiheng Yang (Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, National Biomedical Imaging Center, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, 292 Chengfu Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100871, P. R. China) A Agostino Migliore (Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, Via Marzolo 1, Padova 35131, Italy) C Chuancheng Jia (Center of Single-Molecule Sciences, Institute of Modern Optics, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Micro-scale Optical Information Science and Technology, College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, 38 Tongyan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China) X Xuefeng Guo (State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Catalysis and Intelligent Green Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering)
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Volume / Issue Vol. 16, Issue 1
Published August 18, 2025
ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher Nature Portfolio

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Nature Communications

Nature Portfolio
ISSN: 2041-1723 Open Access Life Sciences

Authors (20)

M

Mingyao Li

B

Bing Yin

B

Boyu Wang

Center of Single-Molecule Sciences, Institute of Modern Optics, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Micro-scale Optical Information Science and Technology, College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, 38 Tongyan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China

W

Weilin Hu

Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, National Biomedical Imaging Center, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, 292 Chengfu Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100871, P. R. China

J

Jie Cheng

C

Chunyan Gao

Center of Single-Molecule Sciences, Institute of Modern Optics, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Micro-scale Optical Information Science and Technology, College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, 38 Tongyan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China

Z

Zezhou Li

Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Center for Integrated Spectroscopy, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.

Y

Yang Xu

C

Chen Yang

Hangzhou Institute of Advanced Studies

X

Xinmiao Xie

Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, National Biomedical Imaging Center, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, 292 Chengfu Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100871, P. R. China

J

Jie Guo

C

Cong Zhao

J

Jinying Wang

Center of Single-Molecule Sciences, Institute of Modern Optics, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Micro-scale Optical Information Science and Technology, College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, 38 Tongyan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China

X

Xike Gao

Y

Yanfeng Zhang

School of Chemistry, Institute of New Concept Sensors and Molecular Materials (INCSMM), State Key Laboratory of Fluorine & Nitrogen Chemicals, Engineering Research Center of Energy Storage Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Xi’an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Polymer Materials

J

Jihan Zhou

Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Center for Integrated Spectroscopy, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.

Z

Zhiheng Yang

Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, National Biomedical Imaging Center, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, 292 Chengfu Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100871, P. R. China

A

Agostino Migliore

Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, Via Marzolo 1, Padova 35131, Italy

C

Chuancheng Jia

Center of Single-Molecule Sciences, Institute of Modern Optics, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Micro-scale Optical Information Science and Technology, College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, 38 Tongyan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China

X

Xuefeng Guo

State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Catalysis and Intelligent Green Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

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