Energy Storage in Molecules

Project Information

ESiM

Grant agreement ID: 101046364

DOI

10.3030/101046364

Project closed

EC signature date 22 March 2022

Start date 1 April 2022

End date 31 March 2026

Funded under

• The European Innovation Council (EIC)

Total cost

€ 2 999 822,00

EU contribution

€ 2 999 822,00

Coordinated by

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DRESDEN
Germany

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Deliverables

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

ESiM Public website & logo

ESiM Public website

Documents, reports (2)

Report on the strategies for increasing molecular lifetimes
Report on the theory of pumping surface heat to collective mechanical modes

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (25)

Thermally-induced nickelocene fragmentation and one-dimensional chain assembly on Au(111)

Author(s): Divya Jyoti, Alex Fétida, Laurent Limot, Roberto Robles, Nicolás Lorente, Deung-Jang Choi
Published in: Communications Chemistry, Issue 8, 2025, ISSN 2399-3669
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S42004-025-01511-4

Large Orbital Moment of Two Coupled Spin‑Half Co Ions in a Complex on Gold

Author(s): Chao Li, Roberto Robles*, Nicolas Lorente, Sanjoy Kr Mahatha, Sebastian Rohlf, Kai Rossnagel, Alessandro Barla, Boris V. Sorokin, Stefano Rusponi, Philippe Ohresser, Sara Realista, Paulo N. Martinho, Torben Jasper-Toennies, Alexander Weismann, Richard
Published in: ACS Nano, Issue 2023, 17, 11, 10608–10616, 2023, ISSN 1936-086X
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c01595

Tailoring π--d Magnetic Interactions in Metallated Porphyrin Nanotapes

Author(s): Roberto Robles, Shayan Edalatmanesh, Qiang Sun, Pascal Ruffieux, Roman Fasel, Luis M. Mateo, Giovanni Bottari, Tomás Torres, Nicolás Lorente
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 64, 2026, ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/ANIE.202515342

Bipolar single-molecule electroluminescence and electrofluorochromism

Author(s): Tzu-Chao Hung, Roberto Robles, Brian Kiraly, Julian H. Strik, Bram A. Rutten, Alexander A. Khajetoorians, Nicolas Lorente, Daniel Wegner
Published in: Physical Review Research, Issue 5, 2023, ISSN 2643-1564
Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.033027

Scientific Reports

Author(s): Suchetana Sarkar; Kwan Ho Au-Yeung; Tim Kühne; Albrecht Waentig; Dmitry A. Ryndyk; Thomas Heine; Gianaurelio Cuniberti; Xinliang Feng; Francesca Moresco
Published in: Scientific Reports, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2023), 2023, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-37661-5

Thermal with Electronic Excitation for the Unidirectional Rotation of a Molecule on a Surface

Author(s): KH Au-Yeung, S Sarkar, T Kühne, O Aiboudi, DA Ryndyk, R Robles, F Lissel, N Lorente, C Joachim, F Moresco
Published in: J. Phys. Chem., Issue 127, 16989−16994 (2023), 2023, ISSN 1520-5215
Publisher: ACS Publications
DOI: 10.48550/ARXIV.2409.05485

Tuning the Planarity of an Aromatic Thianthrene-Based Molecule on Au(111)

Author(s): KH Au-Yeung, S Sarkar, S Haldar, P Das, T Kühne, DA Ryndyk, P Bhauriyal, S Kaskel, T Heine, G Cuniberti, A Schneemann, F Moresco
Published in: J. Phys. Chem. C., Issue 128, 1855–1861 (2024), 2024, ISSN 1520-5215
Publisher: ACS Publications
DOI: 10.1021/ACS.JPCC.3C07633

The effect of lateral π-extension on azulene-based molecules on surface studied by LT-STM

Author(s): Suchetana Sarkar, Natasha Khera, Kwan Ho Au-Yeung, Renxiang Liu, Ji Ma, Xinliang Feng, Francesca Moresco
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 16, 2026, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S41598-026-46150-4

Thioetherification of Br-Mercaptobiphenyl Molecules on Au(111)

Author(s): Ana Barragán, Roberto Robles, Nicolás Lorente, and Lucia Vitali
Published in: Nano Letters, Issue 23, 4, 1350–1354, 2023, ISSN 1530-6992
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c04619

A Nanocar and Rotor in One Molecule

Author(s): Kwan Ho Au-Yeung Suchetana Sarkar, Tim Kühne, Oumaima Aiboudi, Dmitry A. Ryndyk, Roberto Robles, Nicolas Lorente, Franziska Lissel, Christian Joachim, and Francesca Moresco
Published in: ACS Nano, Issue 2023, 17, 3, 3128-3134, 2023, ISSN 1936-086X
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2305.06791

Gold Nanoparticles with <i>N</i>‐Heterocyclic Carbene/Triphenylamine Surface Ligands: Stable and Electrochromically Active Hybrid Materials for Optoelectronics

Author(s): Ningwei Sun, Shivam Singh, Haoran Zhang, Ilka Hermes, Ziwei Zhou, Hendrik Schlicke, Yana Vaynzof, Franziska Lissel, Andreas Fery
Published in: Advanced Science, Issue 11, 2024, ISSN 2198-3844
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/advs.202400752

Molecular spin-probe sensing of H-mediated changes in Co nanomagnets

Author(s): Alex Fétida, Olivier Bengone, Christine Goyhenex, Fabrice Scheurer, Roberto Robles, Nicolás Lorente, Laurent Limot
Published in: Science Advances, Issue 11, 2025, ISSN 2375-2548
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
DOI: 10.1126/SCIADV.ADS1456

Modulation of Photoluminescence and Solar Thermal Energy Storage in Norbornadiene–Quadricyclane Dimers

Author(s): Rebecca J. Salthouse, Jacob L. Elholm, Irene Cortellazzi, Helen Hölzel, Pedro Ferreira, Lorette Fernandez, Marc K. Etherington, Kasper Moth‐Poulsen
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 65, 2026, ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/ANIE.202516629

Subphthalocyanine Platform for Single-Molecule Machines on Surface: Ligand-Directed Adsorption on Au(111)

Author(s): Franz Plate, Soyoung Park, Ebru Cihan, Natasha Khera, Ningwei Sun, Pranjit Das, Olga Guskova, Dmitry A. Ryndyk, Franziska Lissel, Francesca Moresco
Published in: ACS Nano, Issue 20, 2026, ISSN 1936-0851
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
DOI: 10.1021/ACSNANO.5C17283

<i>N</i> ‐Heterocyclic Carbene vs. Thiophene – Chiral Adsorption and Unidirectional Rotation on Au(111)

Author(s): Natasha Khera, Ningwei Sun, Soyoung Park, Pranjit Das, Kwan Ho Au‐Yeung, Suchetana Sarkar, Franz Plate, Roberto Robles, Nicolas Lorente, Franziska S.‐C. Lissel, Francesca Moresco
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 64, 2026, ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/ANIE.202424715

Electrical Catalysis of Forbidden Transitions in Single‐Molecule Devices

Author(s): Ruihao Li, Ran Liu, Shima Ghasemi, Pedro Ferreira, Dianting Zou, Feng Sun, Kasper Moth‐Poulsen, Joshua Hihath
Published in: Advanced Materials, Issue 38, 2026, ISSN 0935-9648
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/ADMA.202511822

Surfactant-enabled strategy for molecular solar thermal energy storage systems in water

Author(s): Lorette Fernandez, Helen Hölzel, Pedro Ferreira, Nicolò Baggi, Kévin Moreno, Zhihang Wang, Kasper Moth-Poulsen
Published in: Green Chemistry, Issue 27, 2025, ISSN 1463-9262
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04357C

On‐Surface Stepwise Double Dehydrogenation for the Formation of a <i>para‐</i>Quinodimethane‐Containing Undecacene Isomer

Author(s): Suchetana Sarkar, Berta Álvarez, Kwan Ho Au‐Yeung, Agustín Cobas, Roberto Robles, Nicolás Lorente, Diego Peña, Dolores Pérez, Francesca Moresco
Published in: Chemistry – A European Journal, 2024, ISSN 0947-6539
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202402297

Pyridyl-functionalized tripod molecules on Au(111): Interplay between H-bonding and metal coordination

Author(s): Sajjan Mohammad, Neeta Bisht, Anjana Kannan, Anne Brandmeier, Christian Neiss, Andreas Görling, Meike Stöhr, Sabine Maier
Published in: Surface Science, Issue 755, 2025, ISSN 0039-6028
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.48550/ARXIV.2411.01365

An electrically controlled single-molecule spin switch

Author(s): Wantong Huang, Kwan Ho Au-Yeung, Paul Greule, Máté Stark, Christoph Sürgers, Wolfgang Wernsdorfer, Roberto Robles, Nicolas Lorente, Philip Willke
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 16, 2025, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S41467-025-63574-0

Single molecule thermal gearing effect

Author(s): Piyush Kanti Sarkar, Soyoung Park, Kedar Sharma, Ningwei Sun, Franziska S.-C. Lissel, Christian Joachim
Published in: Chemical Physics Letters, Issue 883, 2026, ISSN 0009-2614
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.CPLETT.2025.142513

Spin-state engineering of single titanium adsorbates on ultrathin magnesium oxide

Author(s): Soo-hyon Phark, Hong Thi Bui, We-hyo Seo, Yaowu Liu, Valeria Sheina, Curie Lee, Christoph Wolf, Andreas J. Heinrich, Roberto Robles, Nicolás Lorente
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 17, 2026, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S41467-026-68314-6

Adsorption and self-assembling of a norbornadiene derivative on Au(1 1 1)

Author(s): Suchetana Sarkar, Natasha Khera, Pedro Ferreira, Kwan Ho Au-Yeung, Pranjit Das, Roberto Robles, Nicolas Lorente, Kasper Moth-Poulsen, Francesca Moresco
Published in: Applied Surface Science, Issue 709, 2025, ISSN 0169-4332
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.APSUSC.2025.163744

Interpreting tunneling spectroscopic maps of a dinuclear Co(II) complex on gold

Author(s): Roberto Robles, Chao Li, Sara Realista, Paulo N. Martinho, Manuel Gruber, Alexander Weismann, Nicolás Lorente, Richard Berndt
Published in: Physical Review B, Issue 111, 2025, ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)
DOI: 10.1103/PHYSREVB.111.085409

Spin‐State Switching of Spin‐Crossover Complexes on Cu(111) Evidenced by Spin‐Flip Spectroscopy

Author(s): Sven Johannsen, Roberto Robles, Alexander Weismann, Karl Ridier, Richard Berndt, Manuel Gruber
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 63, 2025, ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/ANIE.202411865