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2011


Role of axially coordinated surface sites for electrochemically controlled carbon monoxide adsorption on single crystal copper electrodes
S. K. Shaw, A. Berna, J. M. Feliu, R. J. Nichols, T. Jacob and D. J. Schiffrin
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2011, 13, 5242-51.


Large Conductance Changes in Peptide Single Molecule Junctions Controlled by pH
L. Scullion, T. Doneux, L. Bouffier, D. G. Fernig, S. J. Higgins, D. Bethell and R. J.
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2011, 115, 8361-8.


Directionally Oriented LB Films of an OPE Derivative: Assembly, Characterization, and Electrical Properties
L. M. Ballesteros, S. Martin, G. Pera, P. A. Schauer, N. J. Kay, M. C. Lopez, P. J. Low, R. J. Nichols and P. Cea
Langmuir, 2011, 27, 3600-10.


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2010


Fabrication, Characterization, and Electrical Properties of Langmuir-Blodgett Films of an Acid Terminated Phenylene-Ethynylene Oligomer
A. Villares, G. Pera, S. Martin, R. J. Nichols, D. P. Lydon, L. Applegarth, A. Beeby, P. J. Low and P. Cea
Chemistry of Materials, 2010, 22, 2041-9.


Electroreduction of oxygen on gold-supported nanostructured palladium films in acid solutions
A. Sarapuu, A. Kasikov, N. Wong, C. A. Lucas, G. Sedghi, R. J. Nichols and K. Tammeveski
Electrochimica Acta, 2010, 55, 6768-74.


Electrochemical Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy of Redox-Active Molecules Bound by Au-C Bonds
A. M. Ricci, E. J. Calvo, S. Martin and R. J. Nichols
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010, 132, 2494-+.


Metal-Molecule-Metal Junctions in Langmuir-Blodgett Films Using a New Linker: Trimethylsilane
G. Pera, S. Martin, L. M. Ballesteros, A. J. Hope, P. J. Low, R. J. Nichols and P. Cea
Chemistry-a European Journal, 2010, 16, 13398-405.


The experimental determination of the conductance of single molecules
R. J. Nichols, W. Haiss, S. J. Higgins, E. Leary, S. Martin and D. Bethell
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2010, 12, 2801-15.


The Impact of E-Z Photo-Isomerization on Single Molecular Conductance
S. Martin, W. Haiss, S. J. Higgins and R. J. Nichols
Nano Letters, 2010, 10, 2019-23.


Identifying Diversity in Nanoscale Electrical Break Junctions
S. Martin, I. Grace, M. R. Bryce, C. S. Wang, R. Jitchati, A. S. Batsanov, S. J. Higgins, C. J. Lambert and R. J. Nichols
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010, 132, 9157-64.


Adsorption of adipic acid conjugates at the Au(1 1 1) electrode vertical bar aqueous solution interface
T. Doneux and R. J. Nichols
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 2010, 649, 95-101.


Substrate Structural Effects on the Synthesis and Electrochemical Properties of Platinum Nanoparticles on Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite
M. Bayati, J. M. Abad, R. J. Nichols and D. J. Schiffrin
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2010, 114, 18439-48.


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2009

Oligoyne Single Molecule Wires
C. S. Wang, A. S. Batsanov, M. R. Bryce, S. Martin, R. J. Nichols, S. J. Higgins, V. M. Garcia-Suarez and C. J. Lambert
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2009, 131, 15647-54.


Synthesis and characterization of monomeric and polymeric Pd(II) and Pt(II) complexes of 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene-functionalized phosphine ligands
K. Velauthamurty, S. J. Higgins, R. M. G. Rajapakse, J. Bacsa, H. van Zalinge, R. J. Nichols and W. Haiss
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2009, 19, 1850-8.


Adverse effects of asymmetric contacts on single molecule conductances of HS(CH2)(n) COOH in nanoelectrical junctions
S. Martin, D. Z. Manrique, V. M. Garcia-Suarez, W. Haiss, S. J. Higgins, C. J. Lambert and R. J. Nichols
Nanotechnology, 2009, 20,


Influence of Conformational Flexibility on Single-Molecule Conductance in Nano-Electrical Junctions
S. Martin, F. Giustiniano, W. Haiss, S. J. Higgins, R. J. Whitby and R. J. Nichols
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2009, 113, 18884-90.


A molecular wire incorporating a robust hexanuclear platinum cluster
E. Leary, H. Van Zalinge, S. J. Higgins, R. J. Nichols, F. F. de Biani, P. Leoni, L. Marchetti and P. Zanello
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2009, 11, 5198-202.


Influence of Conformational Flexibility on Single-Molecule Conductance in Nano-Electrical Junctions
S. Martin, F. Giustiniano, W. Haiss, S. J. Higgins, R. J. Whitby and R. J. Nichols
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2009, 113, 18884-90.


Single-Molecule Solvation-Shell Sensing
E. Leary, H. Hobenreich, S. J. Higgins, H. van Zalinge, W. Haiss, R. J. Nichols, C. M. Finch, I. Grace, C. J. Lambert, R. McGrath and J. Smerdon
Physical Review Letters, 2009, 102,


Anomalous length and voltage dependence of single molecule conductance
W. Haiss, S. Martin, L. E. Scullion, L. Bouffier, S. J. Higgins and R. J. Nichols
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2009, 11, 10831-8.


Impact of Junction Formation Method and Surface Roughness on Single Molecule Conductance
W. Haiss, S. Martin, E. Leary, H. van Zalinge, S. J. Higgins, L. Bouffier and R. J. Nichols
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2009, 113, 5823-33.


First- and second-order phase transitions in the adlayer of biadipate on Au(111)
T. Doneux and R. J. Nichols
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2009, 11, 688-93.


Molecular Dynamics and Electrochemical Investigations of a pH-Responsive Peptide Monolayer
T. Doneux, L. Bouffier, L. V. Mello, D. J. Rigden, I. Kejnovska, D. G. Fernig, S. J. Higgins and R. J. Nichols
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2009, 113, 6792-9.


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2008

Single molecule conductance of porphyrin wires with ultralow attenuation
G. Sedghi, K. Sawada, L. J. Esdaile, M. Hoffmann, H. L. Anderson, D. Bethell, W. Haiss, S. J. Higgins and R. J. Nichols
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2008, 130, 8582-+.


Site-specific interactions of copper(II) ions with heparin revealed with complementary (SRCD, NMR, FTIR and EPR) spectroscopic techniques
T. R. Rudd, M. A. Skidmore, S. E. Guimond, M. Guerrini, C. Cosentino, R. Edge, A. Brown, D. T. Clarke, G. Torri, J. E. Turnbull, R. J. Nichols, D. G. Fernig and E. A. Yates
Carbohydrate Research, 2008, 343, 2184-93.


Selective detection of protein secondary structural changes in solution protein-polysaccharide complexes using vibrational circular dichroism (VCD)
T. R. Rudd, R. J. Nichols and E. A. Yates
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2008, 130, 2138-+.


Bifunctional electrocatalysis in Pt-Ru nanoparticle systems
C. Roth, N. Benker, R. Theissmann, R. J. Nichols and D. J. Schiffrin
Langmuir, 2008, 24, 2191-9.


Shaping supramolecular nanoribers with nanoparticles forming complementary hydrogen bonds
J. Puigmarti-Luis, A. P. Del Pino, E. Laukhina, J. Esquena, V. Laukhin, C. Rovira, J. Vidal-Gancedo, A. G. Kanaras, R. J. Nichols, M. Brust and D. B. Amabilino
Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2008, 47, 1861-5.


A comprehensive study of the single molecule conductance of alpha,omega-dicarboxylic acid-terminated Alkanes
S. Martin, W. Haiss, S. Higgins, P. Cea, M. C. Lopez and R. J. Nichols
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2008, 112, 3941-8.


Structure-property relationships in redox-gated single molecule junctions - A comparison of pyrrolo-tetrathiafulvalene and viologen redox groups
E. Leary, S. J. Higgins, H. van Zalinge, W. Haiss, R. J. Nichols, S. Nygaard, J. O. Jeppesen and J. Ulstrup
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2008, 130, 12204-+.


Variable contact gap single-molecule conductance determination for a series of conjugated molecular bridges
W. Haiss, C. S. Wang, R. Jitchati, I. Grace, S. Martin, A. S. Batsanov, S. J. Higgins, M. R. Bryce, C. J. Lambert, P. S. Jensen and R. J. Nichols
Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter, 2008, 20,


Dissolution kinetics of octadecanethiolate monolayers electro-adsorbed on Au(111)
T. Doneux, R. J. Nichols and C. Buess-Herman
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 2008, 621, 267-76.


Special issue in honour of David Schiffrin - Preface
R. J. Nichols and M. Brust
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 2007, 599, 137-46.


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2007

Chemical control of double barrier tunnelling in alpha,omega-dithiaalkane molecular wires
E. Leary, S. J. Higgins, H. van Zalinge, W. Haiss and R. J. Nichols
Chemical Communications, 2007, 3939-41.


Single-molecule imaging - Catalysts under the microscope
S. J. Higgins and R. J. Nichols
Nature Nanotechnology, 2007, 2, 270-1.


Single-molecule conductance of redox molecules in electrochemical scanning tunneling microscopy
W. Haiss, T. Albrecht, H. van Zalinge, S. J. Higgins, D. Bethell, H. Hobenreich, D. J. Schiffrin, R. J. Nichols, A. M. Kuznetsov, J. Zhang, Q. Chi and J. Ulstrup
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2007, 111, 6703-12.


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2006

Protein-GAG interactions: new surface-based techniques, spectroscopies and Nanotechnology probes
E. A. Yates, C. J. Terry, C. Rees, T. R. Rudd, L. Duchesne, M. A. Skidmore, R. Levy, N. T. K. Thanh, R. J. Nichols, D. T. Clarke and D. G. Fernig
Biochemical Society Transactions, 2006, 34, 427-30


A combined top-down bottom-up approach for introducing nanoparticle networks into nanoelectrode gaps
C. A. Xu, H. van Zalinge, J. L. Pearson, A. Glidle, J. M. Cooper, D. R. S. Cumming, W. Haiss, J. L. Yao, D. J. Schiffrin, M. Proupin-Perez, R. Cosstick and R. J. Nichols
Nanotechnology, 2006, 17, 3333-9.


Variable-temperature measurements of the single-molecule conductance of double-stranded DNA
H. van Zalinge, D. J. Schiffrin, A. D. Bates, E. B. Starikov, W. Wenzel and R. J. Nichols
Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2006, 45, 5499-502.


Single-molecule conductance measurements of single- and double-stranded DNA oligonucleoticles
H. van Zalinge, D. J. Schiffrin, A. D. Bates, W. Haiss, J. Ulstrup and R. J. Nichols
Chemphyschem, 2006, 7, 94-8.


A Ni(cyclam) (2+)-functionalised poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene): Synthesis, electropolymerisation and characterisation of the polymer by cyclic voltammetry and, in situ reflectance FTIR spectroscopy
F. Mouffouk, A. Demetriou, S. J. Higgins and R. J. Nichols
Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2006, 359, 3491-6.


In situ studies of the oxidation of nickel electrodes in alkaline solution
S. L. Medway, C. A. Lucas, A. Kowal, R. J. Nichols and D. Johnson
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 2006, 587, 172-81.


Precision control of single-molecule electrical junctions
W. Haiss, C. S. Wang, I. Grace, A. S. Batsanov, D. J. Schiffrin, S. J. Higgins, M. R. Bryce, C. J. Lambert and R. J. Nichols
Nature Materials, 2006, 5, 995-1002.


Thermal gating of the single molecule conductance of alkanedithiols
W. Haiss, H. van Zalinge, D. Bethell, J. Ulstrup, D. J. Schiffrin and R. J. Nichols
Faraday Discussions, 2006, 131, 253-64.


Surface termination and hydrogen bubble surfaces during anisotropic dissolution adhesion on Si(100) in aqueous KOH
W. Haiss, P. Raisch, L. Bitsch, R. J. Nichols, X. H. Xia, J. J. Kelly and D. J. Schiffrin
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 2006, 597, 1-12.


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2005

Electrochemical characterization of the Pt/PEDOT electrode in the DMFC
M. Z. Shen, S. Roy, K. Scott, S.J. Higgins and R.M.G. Rajapakse
Progress in Natural Science, 2005, 15, 89-97.


Potential-induced structural transitions of DL-homocysteine monolayers on Au(111) electrode surfaces
J. D. Zhang, A. Demetriou, A. C. Welinder, T. Albrecht, R. J. Nichols and J. Ulstrup
Chemical Physics, 2005, 319, 210-21.


A reflectance anisotropy spectroscopy study of underpotential deposition of copper onto Au(110)
C. I. Smith, T. Farell, C. A. Lucas, R. J. Nichols and P. Weightman
Physica Status Solidi B-Basic Solid State Physics, 2005, 242, 2595-600.


Electrochemical and computational studies of some 9,10-anthraquinone derivatives in acetonitrile solution
M. Shamsipur, T. Mohammadi, K. Alizadeh, H. Sharghi and R. J. Nichols
Polish Journal of Chemistry, 2005, 79, 1379-88.


A Pt/Ru nanoparticulate system to study the bifunctional mechanism of electrocatalysis
C. Roth, A. J. Papworth, I. Hussain, R. J. Nichols and D. J. Schiffrin
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 2005, 581, 79-85.


Electrosynthesis and characterization of biotin-functionalized poly( terthiophene) copolymers, and their response to avidin
F. Mouffouk, S. J. Brown, A. M. Demetriou, S. J. Higgins, R. J. Nichols, R. M. G. Rajapakse and S. Reeman
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2005, 15, 1186-96.


Electrochemical reactivity in nanoscale domains: O-2 reduction on a fullerene modified gold surface
A. Kuzume, E. Herrero, J. M. Feliu, E. Ahlberg, R. J. Nichols and D. J. Schiffrin
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2005, 7, 1293-9.


Characterization of mercaptobenzimidazole adsorption on an Au(111) electrode
M. G. Hosseini, T. Shahrabi and R. J. Nichols
Iranian Journal of Science and Technology Transaction a-Science, 2005, 29, 49-63.


Adsorption of 2-mercaptobenzimidazole on a Au(111) electrode
T. Doneux, C. Buess-Herman, M. G. Hosseini, R. J. Nichols and J. Lipkowski
Electrochimica Acta, 2005, 50, 4275-82.


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