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Richard J. Nichols is affiliated with the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with significant contributions to the subfields of Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Biomedical Engineering, and Electrochemistry. The core topics of their work include Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Quantum and Electron Transport Phenomena, Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications, Electrochemical Analysis and Applications, and Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics.

The scientist has published extensively in several prominent venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • University of Liverpool

Recent papers by Richard J. Nichols illustrate their focus on molecular-scale electronics and single-molecule junctions. These works include:

  • Folding a Single-Molecule Junction, 2020, Nano Letters
  • A Chemically Soldered Polyoxometalate Single-Molecule Transistor, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • A Peierls Transition in Long Polymethine Molecular Wires: Evolution of Molecular Geometry and Single-Molecule Conductance, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Molecular Structure-(Thermo)electric Property Relationships in Single-Molecule Junctions and Comparisons with Single- and Multiple-Parameter Models, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Redox-Addressable Single-Molecule Junctions Incorporating a Persistent Organic Radical, 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Collaborations have been a significant aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors including Andrea Vezzoli, Simon J. Higgins, David C. Milán, Sara Sangtarash, and Colin J. Lambert.

Best Publications

  • A nanometre-scale electronic switch consisting of a metal cluster and redox-addressable groups

    David I. Gittins;Donald Bethell;David J. Schiffrin;Richard J. Nichols

  • Rational and Combinatorial Design of Peptide Capping Ligands for Gold Nanoparticles

    Lévy R;Thanh Nt;Doty Rc;Hussain I

  • Atomic structure of Cu adlayers on Au(100) and Au(111) electrodes observed by in situ scanning tunneling microscopy.

    O.M. Magnussen;J. Hotlos;R. J. Nichols;Dieter M. Kolb

  • Redox state dependence of single molecule conductivity

    Wolfgang Haiss;Harm van Zalinge;Simon J Higgins;Donald Bethell

  • Measurement of single molecule conductivity using the spontaneous formation of molecular wires

    Wolfgang Haiss;Richard J. Nichols;Harm van Zalinge;Simon J. Higgins

  • Surface redox catalysis for O2 reduction on quinone-modified glassy carbon electrodes

    Kaido Tammeveski;Kyösti Kontturi;Richard J Nichols;Robert J Potter

  • Long-range electron tunnelling in oligo-porphyrin molecular wires

    Gita Sedghi;Víctor M. García-Suárez;Víctor M. García-Suárez;Louisa J. Esdaile;Harry L. Anderson

  • Precision control of single-molecule electrical junctions.

    Wolfgang Haiss;Changsheng Wang;Iain Grace;Andrei S. Batsanov

  • In situ studies of the oxidation of nickel electrodes in alkaline solution

    S.L. Medway;C.A. Lucas;A. Kowal;R.J. Nichols

  • Single molecule conductance of porphyrin wires with ultralow attenuation.

    Gita Sedghi;Katsutoshi Sawada;Louisa J. Esdaile;Markus Hoffmann

  • Oligoyne Single Molecule Wires

    Changsheng Wang;Andrei S. Batsanov;Martin R. Bryce;Santiago Martin

  • Spectroscopic identification of the adsorbed intermediate in hydrogen evolution on platinum

    R.J. Nichols;A. Bewick

  • The experimental determination of the conductance of single molecules.

    Richard J. Nichols;Wolfgang Haiss;Simon J. Higgins;Edmund Leary;Edmund Leary

  • Impact of Junction Formation Method and Surface Roughness on Single Molecule Conductance

    Wolfgang Haiss;Santiago Martín;Edmund Leary;Harm van Zalinge

  • An approach to long-range electron transfer mechanisms in metalloproteins: In situ scanning tunneling microscopy with submolecular resolution

    Esben P. Friis;Jens E. T. Andersen;Yu. I. Kharkats;A. M. Kuznetsov

  • Linear correlation between surface stress and surface charge in anion adsorption on Au(111)

    Wolfgang Haiss;Richard J. Nichols;Jürgen K. Sass;Klaus P. Charle

  • Effective Insulation of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Tips for Electrochemical Studies Using an Electropainting Method

    Claudia E. Bach;Richard J. Nichols;Wolfgang Beckmann;Heinrich Meyer

  • STM observations of the initial stages of copper deposition on gold single-crystal electrodes

    R.J. Nichols;D.M. Kolb;R.J. Behm

  • Diode-like electron transfer across nanostructured films containing a redox ligand

    David I. Gittins;Donald Bethell;Richard J. Nichols;David J. Schiffrin

  • Identifying Diversity in Nanoscale Electrical Break Junctions

    Santiago Martín;Iain Grace;Martin R. Bryce;Changsheng Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon J. Higgins
Simon J. Higgins University of Liverpool
Colin J. Lambert
Colin J. Lambert Lancaster University
Paul J. Low
Paul J. Low University of Western Australia
David J. Schiffrin
David J. Schiffrin University of Liverpool
Donald Bethell
Donald Bethell University of Liverpool
Nicolás Agraït
Nicolás Agraït Autonomous University of Madrid
Thomas P. Monath
Thomas P. Monath Crozet BioPharma
Harry L. Anderson
Harry L. Anderson University of Oxford
Jens Ulstrup
Jens Ulstrup Technical University of Denmark
David G. Fernig
David G. Fernig University of Liverpool

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