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Manabu Kiguchi is affiliated with the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan. Their research primarily centers on the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with specific expertise in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. They also contribute to areas including Atomic and Molecular Physics, Molecular Biology, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's research work extensively covers Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures, as well as Advanced Biosensing and Bioanalysis Techniques. Additional topics of interest include Graphene research and applications, Quantum and electron transport phenomena, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, and Surface and Thin Film Phenomena.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by this researcher include:

  • Single-molecule junctions of multinuclear organometallic wires: long-range carrier transport brought about by metal-metal interaction (2021, Chemical Science)
  • Principal Component Analysis of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Spectra Revealing Isomer-Dependent Electron Transport in Spiropyran Molecular Junctions: Implications for Nanoscale Molecular Electronics (2022, ACS Omega)
  • Tolerance to Stretching in Thiol-Terminated Single-Molecule Junctions Characterized by Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters)
  • Hybrid Molecular Junctions Using Au-S and Au−π Bindings (2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C)
  • Single-molecule junction spontaneously restored by DNA zipper (2021, Nature Communications)

They frequently publish in venues such as The Cambridge Structural Database, Chemical Science, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Small, and ACS Omega.

Manabu Kiguchi collaborates regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Shintaro Fujii
  • Tomoaki Nishino
  • Satoshi Kaneko
  • Tomofumi Tada
  • Yuya Tanaka

The researcher's work often involves studies of the electronic properties of molecular junctions, electron transport phenomena, and materials characterization techniques using methods such as Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering and X-ray diffraction. Their interdisciplinary approach, spanning from molecular electronics to biosensing applications, contributes to the advancement of nanostructure and material science understanding.

Best Publications

  • Highly conductive molecular junctions based on direct binding of benzene to platinum electrodes.

    M. Kiguchi;O. Tal;S. Wohlthat;S. Wohlthat;F. Pauly

  • Observation of magnetic edge state in graphene nanoribbons

    V. L.Joseph Joly;Manabu Kiguchi;Si Jia Hao;Kazuyuki Takai

  • Single molecule dynamics at a mechanically controllable break junction in solution at room temperature

    Tatsuya Konishi;Manabu Kiguchi;Mai Takase;Fumika Nagasawa

  • Rectifying Electron-Transport Properties through Stacks of Aromatic Molecules Inserted into a Self-Assembled Cage

    Shintaro Fujii;Tomofumi Tada;Yuki Komoto;Takafumi Osuga

  • Highly-conducting molecular circuits based on antiaromaticity.

    Shintaro Fujii;Santiago Marqués-González;Ji-Young Shin;Hiroshi Shinokubo

  • Conductance of a single molecule anchored by an isocyanide substituent to gold electrodes

    Manabu Kiguchi;Shinichi Miura;Kenji Hara;Masaya Sawamura

  • Accumulation and Depletion Layer Thicknesses in Organic Field Effect Transistors

    Manabu Kiguchi;Manabu Nakayama;Kohei Fujiwara;Keiji Ueno

  • Single molecular resistive switch obtained via sliding multiple anchoring points and varying effective wire length.

    Manabu Kiguchi;Tatsuhiko Ohto;Shintaro Fujii;Kazunori Sugiyasu

  • Site-Selection in Single-Molecule Junction for Highly Reproducible Molecular Electronics

    Satoshi Kaneko;Daigo Murai;Santiago Marqués-González;Hisao Nakamura

  • Single molecule bridging between metal electrodes

    Manabu Kiguchi;Satoshi Kaneko

  • Electron Transport through Single Molecules Comprising Aromatic Stacks Enclosed in Self‐Assembled Cages

    Manabu Kiguchi;Takuya Takahashi;Takuya Takahashi;Yuta Takahashi;Yoshihiro Yamauchi

  • Nature of electron transport by pyridine-based tripodal anchors: potential for robust and conductive single-molecule junctions with gold electrodes.

    Yutaka Ie;Yutaka Ie;Tomoya Hirose;Hisao Nakamura;Manabu Kiguchi

  • Self-Assembly of Nanometer-Sized Boroxine Cages from Diboronic Acids.

    Kosuke Ono;Kohei Johmoto;Nobuhiro Yasuda;Hidehiro Uekusa

  • Electric-field-induced charge injection or exhaustion in organic thin film transistor

    Manabu Kiguchi;Manabu Nakayama;Toshihiro Shimada;Koichiro Saiki

  • Single-molecule junctions for molecular electronics

    Yuki Komoto;Shintaro Fujii;Madoka Iwane;Manabu Kiguchi

  • Evidence for a single hydrogen molecule connected by an atomic chain.

    M. Kiguchi;R. Stadler;I. S. Kristensen;D. Djukic

  • Synthesis of One-Dimensional Metal-Containing Insulated Molecular Wire with Versatile Properties Directed toward Molecular Electronics Materials

    Hiroshi Masai;Jun Terao;Shu Seki;Shigeto Nakashima

  • “Doping” of Polyyne with an Organometallic Fragment Leads to Highly Conductive Metallapolyyne Molecular Wire

    Yuya Tanaka;Yuya Kato;Tomofumi Tada;Shintaro Fujii

  • Effect of Anchoring Group Position on Formation and Conductance of a Single Disubstituted Benzene Molecule Bridging Au Electrodes: Change of Conductive Molecular Orbital and Electron Pathway

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  • Inorganic and Organometallic Molecular Wires for Single‐Molecule Devices

    Yuya Tanaka;Manabu Kiguchi;Munetaka Akita

  • Highly conductive molecular junctions based on direct binding of benzene to platinum

    S. Wohlthat;F. Pauly;J.C. Cuevas;M. Kiguchi

  • Observation of magnetic edge state in graphene nanoribbons

    V. Joly;Manabu Kiguchi;Si-Jia Hao;Kazuyuki Takai

Frequent Co-Authors

Kei Murakoshi
Kei Murakoshi Hokkaido University
Kazuhito Tsukagoshi
Kazuhito Tsukagoshi National Institute for Materials Science
Toshiaki Enoki
Toshiaki Enoki Tokyo Institute of Technology
Toshiaki Ohta
Toshiaki Ohta Ritsumeikan University
Toshihiko Yokoyama
Toshihiko Yokoyama Institute of Molecular Sciences
J. M. van Ruitenbeek
J. M. van Ruitenbeek Leiden University
Makoto Fujita
Makoto Fujita University of Tokyo
Munetaka Akita
Munetaka Akita Tokyo Institute of Technology
Keiji Ueno
Keiji Ueno Saitama University
Ryotaro Arita
Ryotaro Arita University of Tokyo

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