Researchers develop first single-molecule LEDArtist impression of electroluminescence in a single polythiophene molecular wire suspended between the tip and the surface of a scanning tunneling microscope. Credit: G. Reecht et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. (2014) The ultimate challenge in the race to miniaturize light emitting diodes (LED) has now been met: a team led by the Institut de Physique et de Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg has developed
