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Nature Nanotechnology (22 February 2008) | doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.55

Molecular junctions: At the double

Tim Reid

Understanding how individual molecules conduct electricity is essential in efforts to make single-molecule devices, but it is difficult for researchers to be sure that they are measuring the properties of just one molecule. Now Douglas Natelson of Rice University and co-workers have shown for the first time that it is possible to make simultaneous electrical and optical measurements on the same molecule.