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Overview

Marcel Mayor is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland and has made contributions across multiple scientific disciplines, primarily focusing on materials science, chemistry, and engineering. Their research portfolio spans a broad range of subjects including molecular junctions and nanostructures, synthesis and properties of aromatic compounds, crystallization and solubility studies, and X-ray diffraction in crystallography.

Their work is published extensively in various scientific venues, with frequent contributions recorded in:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Helvetica Chimica Acta
  • Nanoscale

Marcel Mayor's recent published papers include:

  • Substitution Pattern Controlled Quantum Interference in [2.2]Paracyclophane-Based Single-Molecule Junctions, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Chirality sensing of terpenes, steroids, amino acids, peptides and drugs with acyclic cucurbit[n]urils and molecular tweezers, 2020, Chemical Communications
  • Porphyrins as building blocks for single-molecule devices, 2021, Nanoscale
  • Enantiomeric Separation of Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Acid Cleavable Chiral Polyfluorene, 2021, ACS Nano
  • Mechanical conductance tunability of a porphyrin-cyclophane single-molecule junction, 2021, Nanoscale

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several researchers, which include:

  • Daniel Häußinger
  • Alessandro Prescimone
  • Herre S. J. van der Zant
  • Juraj Malinčík
  • Dieter Fenske

Their main fields of study illustrate a multidisciplinary approach involving:

  • Materials Science
  • Chemistry
  • Engineering

Subfields with a significant number of publications include:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Biomedical Engineering

Major topics addressed in Marcel Mayor's research reflect specific scientific interests:

  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Surface Chemistry and Catalysis
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Driving Current through Single Organic Molecules

    J. Reichert;R. Ochs;D. Beckmann;H. B. Weber

  • A single-molecule diode

    Mark Elbing;Rolf Ochs;Max Koentopp;Matthias Fischer

  • Quantum interference of large organic molecules

    Stefan Gerlich;Sandra Eibenberger;Mathias Tomandl;Stefan Nimmrichter

  • Experimental evidence for the functional relevance of anion– π interactions

    Ryan E. Dawson;Andreas Hennig;Dominik P. Weimann;Daniel Emery

  • Matter-wave interference of particles selected from a molecular library with masses exceeding 10 000 amu

    Sandra Eibenberger;Stefan Gerlich;Markus Arndt;Marcel Mayor;Marcel Mayor

  • Molecular junctions based on aromatic coupling

    Songmei Wu;Maria Teresa González;Roman Huber;Sergio Grunder

  • Light‐Powered Electrical Switch Based on Cargo‐Lifting Azobenzene Monolayers

    Violetta Ferri;Mark Elbing;Giuseppina Pace;Michael D. Dickey

  • Influence of conformation on conductance of biphenyl-dithiol single-molecule contacts.

    Artem Mishchenko;David Vonlanthen;Velimir Meded;Marius Bürkle

  • Azobenzenes as Light-Controlled Molecular Electronic Switches in Nanoscale Metal−Molecule−Metal Junctions

    Jeffrey M. Mativetsky;Giuseppina Pace;Mark Elbing;Maria A. Rampi

  • Cooperative light-induced molecular movements of highly ordered azobenzene self-assembled monolayers.

    Giuseppina Pace;Violetta Ferri;Christian Grave;Mark Elbing

  • Electric Current through a Molecular Rod—Relevance of the Position of the Anchor Groups

    Marcel Mayor;Heiko B. Weber;Joachim Reichert;Mark Elbing

  • Quantum superposition of molecules beyond 25 kDa

    Yaakov Y. Fein;Philipp Geyer;Patrick Zwick;Filip Kiałka

  • Strain-induced helical chirality in polyaromatic systems

    Michel Rickhaus;Marcel Mayor;Marcel Mayor;Marcel Mayor;Michal Juríček

  • A Kapitza–Dirac–Talbot–Lau interferometer for highly polarizable molecules

    Stefan Gerlich;Lucia Hackermüller;Lucia Hackermüller;Klaus Hornberger;Alexander Stibor;Alexander Stibor

  • Single-Molecule Junctions Based on Nitrile-Terminated Biphenyls: A Promising New Anchoring Group

    Artem Mishchenko;Linda A. Zotti;David Vonlanthen;Marius Bürkle

  • Chirality in curved polyaromatic systems

    Michel Rickhaus;Michel Rickhaus;Marcel Mayor;Marcel Mayor;Marcel Mayor;Michal Juríček

  • Real-time single-molecule imaging of quantum interference

    Thomas Juffmann;Adriana Milic;Michael Müllneritsch;Peter Asenbaum

  • Electrical conductance of conjugated oligomers at the single molecule level.

    Roman Huber;Maria Teresa Gonzalez;Songmei Wu;Michael Langer

  • Experimental Evidence for Quantum Interference and Vibrationally Induced Decoherence in Single-Molecule Junctions

    Stefan Ballmann;Rainer Härtle;Pedro B. Coto;Mark Elbing

  • Electronic transport through single conjugated molecules

    H.B Weber;J Reichert;F Weigend;R Ochs

  • Matter-wave interference with particles selected from a molecular library with masses exceeding 10000 amu

    Sandra Eibenberger;Stefan Gerlich;Markus Arndt;Marcel Mayor

Frequent Co-Authors

Paolo Samorì
Paolo Samorì University of Strasbourg
Thomas Wandlowski
Thomas Wandlowski University of Bern
Markus Neuburger
Markus Neuburger University of Basel
Frank Hennrich
Frank Hennrich Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Manfred M. Kappes
Manfred M. Kappes Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Michael Zharnikov
Michael Zharnikov Heidelberg University
Artem Mishchenko
Artem Mishchenko University of Manchester
Hilbert von Löhneysen
Hilbert von Löhneysen Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Christian Schönenberger
Christian Schönenberger University of Basel
Jean-Marie Lehn
Jean-Marie Lehn University of Strasbourg

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