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Advanced Photonics, Volume. 7, Issue 1, 010503(2025)

“Pinching” aromatic molecules closer with optical tweezers in single-molecule junctions

Liwei Wang and Shengxiong Xiao^*

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Shanghai Normal University, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Biomimetic Catalysis, Key Laboratory of Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Joint International Research Laboratory of Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, Shanghai, China

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Received: Dec. 10, 2024

Accepted: Jan. 14, 2025

Published Online: Feb. 10, 2025

The Author Email: Xiao Shengxiong (xiaosx@shnu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1117/1.AP.7.1.010503

CSTR:32187.14.1.AP.7.1.010503

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