Nichols, Richard - University of Liverpool

个人简介

The activities of my research group include: · Single Molecule Electrical Measurements · Scanning tunnelling microscopy · In-situ infrared spectroscopy · Electrochemistry · Nano-technology · Metal Plating · Surface and intrinsic stress · Adsorption at Surfaces 13th International Conference on Electrified Interfaces (ICEI) at Chateau Liblice (Czech Republic) (Invitation to Speak, International Conference on Electrified Interfaces 2013) Quantum Transport in Nanoscale Molecular Systems Telluride USA (Invitation to Speak, workshop 2013) Otto Mønsted's Foundation visiting professorship at the Danish Technical University (Otto Mønsted's Foundation 2010) Otto Mønsted's Foundation visiting professorship at the Danish Technical University (Otto Mønsted's Foundation 2009) Fellow of the International Society of Electrochemistry (Competitive Fellowship, International Society of Electrochemistry 2008) Invited lecture to Material Research Society (Invitation to Speak, Material Research Society 2006) Invited lecture (Invitation to Speak, Conference organisers 2006) Award of co-chair of Faraday Discussions (Royal Scoiety of Chemistry 2005) Tajima Prize Winner (International Society of Electrochemistry 2003) Head of Physical Chemistry Teaching Chair of Board of Examiner's in Chemistry Secretary to Teaching and Learning Committee Chair of Mitigating Circumstances Committee

研究领域

Dr. Richard J. Nichols is an expert in the field of scanning probe microscopy, particularly as applied to in-situ measurements. He has over 70 publications in peer-reviewed journals, 40 of which involve the application and development of probe microscopy techniques. Dr. Nichols is perhaps best known internationally for his pioneering in-situ electrochemical STM work. He was one of the first to carry out high-resolution studies of electrode processes, including the growth of metal electrodeposits. These have had a significant impact in modern electrochemistry and have been published in journals including the Journal of Physical Chemistry, Langmuir and Surface Science. His key area of research from 2001 has been in developing single molecule measurement techniques using the scanning tunnelling microscope (STM), in particular for the measurement of electrical properties, work that has followed on from his group¿s design of a nanoscale switching device published in Nature in 2000. He has investigated the single molecule electrical properties of alkanedithiol molecules and more complex molecular wires containing redox active groups. He has demonstrated how current across a redox active molecular wire can be gated using electrochemistry and investigated the temperature dependence of single molecule conductance. A recent highlight of the single molecule work has been the measurement of single molecule conductance in aqueous electrolyte. Dr. Nichols was the 2003 Tajima prize recipient (from the International Society of Electrochemistry) for his contributions to the field of electrochemistry, notably in the development and application of in-situ STM and AFM techniques.

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Single-Molecule Transport at a Rectifying GaAs Contact Soft versus hard junction formation for α-terthiophene molecular wires and their charge transfer complexes Effects of Electrode-Molecule Binding and Junction Geometry on the Single-Molecule Conductance of bis-2,2 ':6 ',2"-Terpyridine-based Complexes Electrochemically grafted single molecule junctions exploiting a chemical protection strategy Evidence for a hopping mechanism in metal| single molecule| metal junctions involving conjugated metal-terpyridyl complexes; potential-dependent conductances of complexes [M(pyterpy)(2)](2+) (M = Co and Fe; pyterpy=4 '-(pyridin-4-yl)-2,2 ':6 ',2 ''-terpyridine) in ionic liquid Experimental and Computational Studies of the Single-Molecule Conductance of Ru(II) and Pt(II) trans-Bis(acetylide) Complexes Graphene as a Promising Electrode for Low-Current Attenuation in Nonsymmetric Molecular Junctions Low variability of single-molecule conductance assisted by bulky metal-molecule contacts Mechanistic Insight into the Superoxide Induced Ring Opening in Propylene Carbonate Based Electrolytes using in Situ Surface-Enhanced Infrared Spectroscopy Single Molecule Nanoelectrochemistry in Electrical Junctions Single-Molecule Conductance Studies of Organometallic Complexes Bearing 3-Thienyl Contacting Groups Single-Molecule Conductance of Viologen-Cucurbit[8]uril Host-Guest Complexes The single-molecule electrical conductance of a rotaxane-hexayne supramolecular assembly Towards a metallic top contact electrode in molecular electronic devices exhibiting a large surface coverage by photoreduction of silver cations Effects of asymmetric contacts on single molecule conductances of HS(CH2)nCOOH in nano-electrical junctions Electrical characterization of single molecule and Langmuir-Blodgett monomolecular films of a pyridine-terminated oligo(phenylene-ethynylene) derivative Electrochemical Single-Molecule Transistors with Optimized Gate Coupling Gating of single molecule junction conductance by charge transfer complex formation Giant Single-Molecule Anisotropic Magnetoresistance at Room Temperature MOLECULAR JUNCTIONS Single-molecule contacts exposed New Insights into Single-Molecule Junctions Using a Robust, Unsupervised Approach to Data Collection and Analysis Resonant transport and electrostatic effects in single-molecule electrical junctions Single-Molecule Electrochemical Transistor Utilizing a Nickel-Pyridyl Spinterface Single-Molecule Electronics: Chemical and Analytical Perspectives Single-molecule electrochemical transistor utilizing a nickel-pyridyl spinterface