We are motivated by the vision of molecules as the components of nano-scale machines – machines that like their macroscopic counterparts, require controllable moving parts, ways to harvest and process energy, molecular circuitry, on-off switches, logic gates and information storage devices.

Our research efforts focus on developing several aspects of this theme including the construction of molecular switches to deliberately trigger molecules to undergo structural and functional changes. Molecular systems that are capable of undergoing reversible variations in their electronic properties will have significant roles in optoelectronic devices and data storage.