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Exploring quantum frontiers in molecular and material science<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\r\n

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  1. How NOT to Build Control-Target Gates in Semiconductor Quantum Dots and Beyond<\/a>\r\n<\/span>R. Korol, J. Nichol and I. Franco arXiv:2608.00733<\/a> (2026)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  2. Light-Matter Interactions Beyond the Dipole Approximation in Extended Systems Without Multipole Expansion<\/a><\/span>\r\nR. Dora, R. Korol, V. Tiwari, R. Chourasiya, and I. Franco arXiv:2603.10271<\/a> (2026)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  3. Design Rules for Open-Shell Molecular Wires: Insights from Correlated Many-Body Transport<\/a><\/span>\r\nM. Shiri, L. Mej\u00eda, I. Franco, T. Hansen, and K. Wang Nano Lett. 26<\/strong>, 10256-10263 (2026) <\/span><\/span><\/span>(pdf<\/strong><\/a>) (.bib<\/strong><\/a>)<\/li>\r\n \t
  4. TENSO: Software Package for Numerically Exact Open Quantum Dynamics Based on Efficient Tree Tensor Network Decomposition of the Hierarchical Equations of Motion<\/a><\/span>\r\nJ.C. Rodriguez Betancourt, M.C. Anderson, L. Niu, X. Chen, and I. Franco, J. Chem. Theory Comput.\u00a022<\/strong>, 7048-7069 (2026) (pdf<\/strong><\/a>) (.bib<\/strong><\/a>)<\/li>\r\n \t
  5. General framework for quantifying dissipation pathways in open quantum systems. III. Off-diagonal system-bath couplings<\/a>\r\n<\/span>I. Gustin, C.W. Kim, and I. Franco, <\/span><\/span><\/span>J. Chem. Phys. 164<\/strong>, 034105 (2026) (pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n \t
  6. Comparison Between Explicit and Implicit Discretization Strategies for a Dissipative Thermal Environment<\/a><\/span>\r\nX. Chen and I. Franco, J. Chem. Phys. 164<\/strong>, 024112 (2026) (pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n \t
  7. Transition from the Nanoscale to Bulk in the Nonequilibrium Optical Response of Laser-Dressed Materials <\/a>\r\n V. Tiwari, L. Sierra-Ossa, P. Wojcik, and I. Franco, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 17, <\/strong> 214 (2026) (pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  8. Dissipation Pathways in a Photosynthetic complex<\/a>\r\n<\/span>I. Gustin, C.W. Kim, and I. Franco,<\/span><\/span>\u00a0J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 16<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>, 13093-13101 (2025) (pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  9. Robust Purely Optical Signatures of Floquet States in Laser-Dressed Crystals <\/a>\r\n V. Tiwari, R. Korol, and I. Franco, Phys. Rev. Lett. 135 <\/strong>, 186901\u00a0(2025) (pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  10. Assessing structure and dynamics of iron complexes supported by tris(amidate)amine ligands<\/span><\/a>\r\n<\/span>L. S. X. Huffman, A. Seshadri, C. D. Hastings, W. W. Brennessel, I. Franco and B. R. Barnett. <\/span>Dalton Trans. 54<\/strong>, 10719\u00a0(2025)<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  11. Tree tensor network hierarchical equations of motion based on time-dependent variational principle for efficient open quantum dynamics in structured thermal environments <\/span><\/span><\/a>\r\nX. Chen and I. Franco, <\/span>J. Chem. Phys.\u00a0<\/span>163<\/strong>, 104109 (2025) (<\/span>pdf<\/a>) (<\/span>.bib<\/a>)<\/span>\r\nFeatured on the<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>cover (<\/span>cover link<\/a>). Editor's<\/span> choice.<\/span><\/strong>\r\n<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  12. First-principle-based Floquet engineering of solids in the velocity gauge<\/a>\r\n V. Tiwari and I. Franco, Phys. Rev. B 112<\/strong>, 085139\u00a0(2025) (pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  13. Long-Range Resonant Charge Transport through Open-Shell Donor-Acceptor Macromolecules<\/span><\/span><\/a>\r\nS. Shen, M. Shiri, P. Mahalingam, C. Tang, T. Bills, A. J. Bushnell, T. A. Balandin, L. Mej\u00eda, H. Zhang, B. Xu, I. Franco, J. D. Azoulay and K. Wang, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 147<\/strong>, 20310 (2025) (pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)\r\nFeatured on the<\/strong>\u00a0cover<\/strong>\u00a0(cover link<\/a>)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  14. High-Frequency Tails in Spectral Densities<\/span><\/span><\/a>\r\nR. Korol, X. Chen and I. Franco, J. Phys. Chem. A<\/em> 129 <\/strong>(15), 3587 (2025) (pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  15. Decoherence dynamics in molecular qubits: Exponential,Gaussian and beyond<\/span><\/span><\/a>\r\nI. Gustin, X. Chen and I. Franco, J. Chem. Phys.\u00a0162<\/strong>, 064106 (2025)\u00a0(pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  16. General Framework for Quantifying Dissipation Pathways in Open Quantum Systems. II. Numerical Validation and the Role of Non-Markovianity<\/span><\/span><\/a>\r\nC. W. Kim and I. Franco, J. Chem. Phys.\u00a0160<\/strong>, 214112 (2024) (pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  17. General Framework for Quantifying Dissipation Pathways in Open Quantum Systems. I. Theoretical Formulation<\/span><\/span><\/a>\r\nC. W. Kim and I. Franco, J. Chem. Phys.\u00a0160<\/strong>, 214111 (2024) (pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  18. Bexcitonics: Quasi-particle approach to open quantum dynamics<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\n X. Chen and I. Franco, J. Chem. Phys. 160<\/strong>, 204116 (2024) (pdf<\/strong><\/a>)(.bib<\/strong><\/a>)\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  19. Mapping Electronic Decoherence Pathways in Molecules<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\n I. Gustin, C.W. Kim, D.W. McCamant, and I. Franco, PNAS. 120<\/strong>, e2309987120 (2023) (pdf<\/strong><\/a>)(.bib<\/strong><\/a>) Press release<\/a>\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  20. Microscopic Theory, Analysis, and Interpretation of Conductance Histograms in Molecular Junctions<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\n L. Mej\u00eda, P. Cossio, and I. Franco, Nature Comm. 14<\/b>, 7646 (2023) (pdf<\/strong><\/a>)(.bib<\/strong><\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  21. Floquet theory and computational method for the optical absorption of laser-dressed solids<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\n V. Tiwari, B. Gu, and I. Franco, Phys. Rev. B, 108<\/strong>, 064308 (2023) (pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  22. Stark control of electrons across the molecule\u2013semiconductor interface <\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\nA. Garz\u00f3n-Ram\u00edrez, and I. Franco, J. Chem. Phys., 159<\/strong>, 044704 (2023) (pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  23. Floquet Engineering of Strongly Driven Excitons in Monolayer Tungsten Disulfide\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\r\nY. Kobayashi, C. Heide, A. C. Johnson, V. Tiwari, F. Liu, D. A. Reis, T. F. Heinz and S. Ghimire, Nature Physics 19<\/b>,\u00a0<\/span>171\u2013176 (2023<\/span>) (pdf<\/a>)(.bib<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n \t
  24. Tuning and Enhancing Quantum Coherence Time Scales in Molecules via Light-Matter Hybridization<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\r\nW. Hu, I. Gustin, T. D. Krauss and I. Franco, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 13<\/strong>, 11503\u201311511 (2022) (pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  25. Learning Conductance: Gaussian Process Regression for Molecular Electronics<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\nM. Deffner, M. Weise, H. Zhang, M. M\u00fccke, J. Proppe, I. Franco, and C. Herrmann, J. Chem. Theory Comput.<\/span>\u00a019<\/strong><\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0992\u20131002 (<\/span>2023<\/span>)<\/span>(pdf<\/a>)(.bib<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n \t
  26. Analog Quantum Simulation of the Dynamics of Open Quantum Systems with Quantum Dots and Microelectronic Circuits<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\nC. W. Kim, J. M. Nichol, A. N. Jordan and I. Franco, PRX Quantum 3<\/strong>, 040308 (2022) Editor's Choice (pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\r\n \t
  27. Light-field control of real and virtual charge carriers<\/span><\/span><\/a>\r\nT. Boolakee, C. Heide, A. Garz\u00f3n-Ram\u00edrez, H. B. Weber, I. Franco and P. Hommelhoff, Nature 605<\/strong>, 251-255 (2022) (pdf<\/a>)<\/strong> (.bib<\/a>)<\/strong> Press release<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t
  28. Coherent and Incoherent Contributions to Molecular Electron Transport\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\nL. Mej\u00eda, U. Kleinekathoefer and I. Franco, J. Chem. Phys. 156<\/span><\/strong>, 094302 (2022) (pdf<\/a>)(.bib<\/a>)\r\n<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  29. Electronic Coherence and Coherence Dephasing in the Optical Control of Electrons in Graphene<\/span><\/a>\r\nC. Heide, T. Eckstein, T. Boolakee, C. Gerner, H. B. Weber, I. Franco and P. Hommelhoff, Nano Lett. 21<\/strong>, 9403 (2021)\u00a0(pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  30. Diels\u2013Alder Reaction in a Molecular Junction<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span>\r\nL. Mej\u00eda, D. Garay-Ruiz and I. Franco, J. Phys. Chem. C, 125<\/strong>, 14599 (2021) (pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)\r\n<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  31. Screening and band bending effects in the Stark control of electrons at interfaces (SCELI)<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\nA. J. Garz\u00f3n-Ram\u00edrez, F. F. Villoria and I. Franco, Phys. Rev. B, 103<\/strong>, 235304 (2021) (pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  32. Theory of Dissipation Pathways in Open Quantum Systems<\/span><\/a>\r\nC. W. Kim and I. Franco, J. Chem. Phys. 154<\/strong>, 084109 (2021) (pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  33. Understanding the Conductance Dispersion of Single-Molecule Junctions<\/span><\/a>\r\nZ. Li, L. Mej\u00eda, J. Marrs, H. Jeong, J. Hihath, and I. Franco, J. Phys. Chem. C, 125<\/strong>, 6, 3406 (2021) (pdf)<\/a> (.bib<\/a>)\r\nFeatured on the<\/strong> cover<\/strong> (cover link<\/a>)\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  34. Symmetry Breaking in the Stark Control of Electrons at Interfaces (SCELI)<\/span><\/a>\r\nA. J. Garz\u00f3n-Ram\u0131\u0301rez and I. Franco, J. Chem. Phys. 153<\/strong>, 044704 (2020) (pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  35. Toward the laser control of electronic decoherence<\/span><\/a>\r\nW. Hu, B. Gu and I. Franco, J. Chem.\u00a0 Phys. 152<\/strong>, 184305 (2020) (pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  36. Optical properties of periodically-driven open nonequilibrium quantum systems<\/span><\/a>\r\nG. Cabra, I. Franco and M. Galperin, J. Chem. Phys. 152<\/strong>, 094101 (2020) (pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  37. When can quantum decoherence be mimicked by classical noise?<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\r\nB. Gu and I. Franco, J. Chem. Phys. 151<\/b>, 014109 (2019) <\/span>(pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  38. Molecular electronics: Toward the atomistic modeling of conductance histograms<\/span><\/a>\r\nZ. Li and I. Franco, J. Phys. Chem. C, 123<\/strong>, 9693 (2019) \u00a0(pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/span>\r\nAbraham Nitzan Festschrift. <\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  39. Force-conductance spectroscopy of a single-molecule reaction<\/span><\/a>\r\nL. Mej\u00eda and I. Franco, Chem. Sci., 10<\/strong>, 3249-3256 (2019) <\/span>\u00a0(pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)\r\n<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  40. Optical absorption properties of laser-driven matter<\/span><\/a>\r\nB. Gu and I. Franco, Phys. Rev. A, 98<\/strong>, 063412 (2018) (pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  41. Electronic interactions do not affect electronic decoherence in the pure-dephasing limit<\/span><\/a>\r\nB. Gu and I. Franco,\u00a0J. Chem. Phys,\u00a0149<\/strong>, 174115 (2018) (pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  42. Stark Control of Electrons Across Interfaces<\/span><\/a>\r\nA. J. Garz\u00f3n-Ram\u0131\u0301rez and I. Franco, Phys. Rev. B,\u00a098<\/strong>, 121305(R) (2018) (pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  43. How structural defects affect the mechanical and electrical properties of single molecular wires<\/span><\/a>\r\nM. Koch, Z. Li, C. Nacci, T. Kumagai, I. Franco and L. Grill, Phys. Rev. Lett.,\u00a0121<\/strong>, 047701 (2018)<\/span> (pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)\r\nEditor's choice<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t
  44. Stark control of electrons along nanojunctions<\/span><\/a>\r\nL. Chen, Y. Zhang, G. Chen and I. Franco, Nature Communications 9<\/strong>, 2070 (2018) (pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/span>\r\n<\/span>In the news:<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>UR link<\/a>, physorg<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  45. Lessons on electronic decoherence in molecules from exact modeling<\/span><\/a>\r\nW. Hu, B. Gu and I. Franco, J. Chem. Phys.,\u00a0148<\/b>, 134304 (2018)<\/span>\u00a0(pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  46. Modeling Non-Reactive Molecule-Surface Systems on Experimentally Relevant Time and Length Scales: Dynamics and Conductance of Polyfluorene on Au(111)<\/span><\/a>\r\nZ. Li, A. Tkatchenko and I. Franco, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., <\/span>9<\/b>, 1140 (2018)<\/span>\u00a0(pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  47. Signatures of conformational dynamics and electrode-molecule interactions in the conductance profile during pulling of single-molecule junctions<\/span><\/a>\r\nL. Mej\u00eda, N. Renaud and I. Franco,\u00a0 J. Phys. Chem. Lett., <\/span>9, 745 (2018) <\/span>\u00a0(pdf<\/a><\/span>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  48. Generalized theory for the timescale of molecular electronic decoherence \u00a0in condensed phase<\/span><\/a>\r\nB. Gu and I. Franco, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 9<\/strong>, 773 (2018) \u00a0(pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)\r\n<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  49. Excitonic coupling modulated by mechanical stimuli<\/span><\/a>\r\n
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  50. Quantifying early-time quantum decoherence dynamics through fluctuations<\/span><\/a>\r\n
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  51. Quantifying fermionic decoherence in many-body systems<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/a>\r\n
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  52. Partial hydrodynamic representation of quantum molecular dynamics<\/span><\/span><\/a>\r\n
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  53. When can time-dependent currents be reproduced by the Landauer steady-state approximation?<\/span><\/span><\/a>\r\n
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    \r\n\r\nR. Carey, L. Chen, B. Gu and I. Franco, J. Chem. Phys.\u00a0146<\/strong>, 174101 (2017)\u00a0\u00a0(pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/li>\r\n \t
  54. Single-molecule force-conductance spectroscopy of hydrogen-bonded complexes\u00a0<\/span><\/a>\r\nA. Pirrotta, L. De Vico, G. C. Solomon and I. Franco, J. Chem. Phys. 146<\/strong>, 092329 (2017)<\/span>\u00a0(pdf<\/a><\/span>) (.bib<\/a>) Special Issue on \"Frontiers in Molecular Scale Electronics\".<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  55. Entanglement in the Born-Oppenheimer Approximation<\/span><\/a>\r\nA. F. Izmaylov and I. Franco, J. Chem. Theory Comput.,\u00a013<\/strong>, 20 (2017) (pdf<\/a>)(.bib<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  56. Hydrogen-bonding in tight environments: simulated force spectroscopy of nanoconfined hydrogen bonded complexes<\/span><\/a>\r\nA. Pirrotta, G. C. Solomon and I. Franco, J. Phys. Chem. C,\u00a0120<\/b>, 19470 (2016)<\/span>\u00a0(pdf<\/a><\/span>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  57. Understanding the fundamental connection between electronic correlation and decoherence<\/span><\/a>\r\nA. Kar, L. Chen, I. Franco, J. Phys. Chem. Lett.,\u00a07<\/strong>, 1616 (2016)<\/span>\u00a0(pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  58. Simple and accurate method for time-dependent transport along nanoscale junctions<\/span> <\/span><\/a>\r\nL. Chen, T. Hansen, I. Franco, J. Phys. Chem. C, 118<\/strong>, 20009 (2014)<\/span>\u00a0(pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
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    Correlated electron-nuclear dynamics with conditional wave functions<\/span> <\/span><\/a>\r\nG. Albareda, H. Appel, I. Franco, A. Abedi and A. Rubio, Phys. Rev. Lett., 113<\/strong>, 083003 (2014)<\/span>\u00a0(pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t

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    Molecular junctions: can pulling influence optical controllability?<\/span> <\/span><\/a>\r\nS.M.Parker, M. Smeu, I. Franco, M.A. Ratner and T. Seideman, Nano Lett., 14<\/strong>, 4587 (2014)<\/span>\u00a0(pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/p>\r\nBefore Rochester<\/strong><\/li>\r\n \t

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    Reduced purities as measures of decoherence in many-electron systems<\/span><\/a>\r\nI. Franco and H. Appel, J. Chem. Phys.\u00a0139<\/span>, 094109 (2013)<\/span>\u00a0(pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t

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    Long-lived oscillatory incoherent electron dynamics in molecules:\u00a0<\/span>trans<\/span>-polyacetylene\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>\r\nI. Franco, A. Rubio and P. Brumer, New J. Phys.\u00a015<\/span>, 043004 (2013)<\/span>\u00a0(pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t

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    Single-molecule pulling: phenomenology and interpretation<\/span><\/span><\/a>\r\nI. Franco, M. A. Ratner and G. C. Schatz, In\u00a0Nano and Cell Mechanics: Fundamentals and Frontiers<\/span>, edited by H.D. Espinosa and G. Bao (Wiley, Microsystem and Nanotechnology Series, 2013), Chap. 14, pages 359--388<\/span>\u00a0(pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t

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    Electronic coherence dynamics in trans-polyacetylene oligomers<\/span><\/a>\r\nI. Franco and P. Brumer, J. Chem. Phys.\u00a0136<\/span>, 144501 (2012)<\/span>\u00a0(pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t

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    Defects in DNA: Lessons from molecular motor design<\/span><\/a>\r\nM. McCullagh, I. Franco, M.A. Ratner and G.C. Schatz, J. Phys. Chem. Lett.\u00a03<\/span>, 689-693 (2012)<\/span>\u00a0(pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t

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    Tunneling currents that increase with molecular elongation<\/span><\/a>\r\nI. Franco, G.C. Solomon, G.C. Schatz and M.A. Ratner, J. Am. Chem. Soc.\u00a0133<\/span>, 15714-15720 (2011)<\/span>\u00a0(pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)\r\nIn the news:<\/span>\u00a0C&E News<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t

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    TRANSpull: computes pulling coupled to transport properties of single molecules<\/span><\/a>\r\nJ. Hutcheson, I. Franco, N. Renaud, M. Carignano, M. A. Ratner, G. C. Schatz,\u00a0DOI<\/a>: 10254\/nanohub-r11739.1.<\/span> (2011)<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t

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    DNA-based optomechanical molecular motor<\/span><\/a>\r\nM. McCullagh, I. Franco, M.A. Ratner and G.C. Schatz, J. Am. Chem. Soc.\u00a0133<\/span>, 3452-3459 (2011)<\/span>\u00a0(pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)\r\nIn the news:\u00a0<\/span>physorg<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t

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    Mechanically activated molecular switch through single-molecule pulling<\/span><\/a>\r\nI. Franco, C.B. George, G.C. Solomon, G.C. Schatz and M.A. Ratner, J. Am. Chem. Soc.\u00a0133<\/span>, 2242-2249 (2011)<\/span>\u00a0(pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t

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    Coulombic interactions and crystal packing effects in the folding of donor-acceptor oligorotaxanes \u00a0<\/span><\/a>\r\nI. Franco, M.A. Ratner and G.C. Schatz, J. Phys. Chem. B\u00a0115<\/span>, 2477 (2011)<\/span>\u00a0(pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t

  71. \r\n

    MOLpull: A tool for molecular free energy reconstruction along a pulling coordinate<\/span><\/a>\r\nL. Felberg, I. Franco, M. McCullagh, M. A. Ratner, G. C. Schatz and M. Carignano, (2011)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t

  72. \r\n

    Quantum interferences and their classical limit in laser-driven coherent control scenarios<\/span><\/a>\r\nI. Franco, M. Spanner and P. Brumer, Chem. Phys.\u00a0370<\/span>, 143-150 (2010)<\/span>\u00a0(pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t

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    Coherent control in the classical limit: symmetry breaking in an optical lattice<\/span><\/a>\r\nM. Spanner, I. Franco and P. Brumer, Phys. Rev. A\u00a080<\/span>, 053402 (2009)<\/span>\u00a0(pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t

  74. \r\n

    Single-molecule pulling and the folding of donor-acceptor oligorotaxanes: phenomenology and interpretation<\/span><\/a>\r\nI. Franco, G.C. Schatz and M.A. Ratner, J. Chem. Phys.\u00a0131<\/span>,124902 (2009)<\/span> (pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t

  75. \r\n

    Laser-induced currents along molecular wire junctions<\/span><\/a>\r\nI. Franco, M. Shapiro and P. Brumer, J. Chem. Phys.\u00a0128<\/span>, 244906 (2008)<\/span>\u00a0(pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t

  76. \r\n

    Femtosecond dynamics and laser control of charge transport in trans-polyacetylene<\/span><\/a>\r\nI. Franco, M. Shapiro and P. Brumer, J. Chem. Phys.\u00a0128<\/span>, 244905 (2008)<\/span> (pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t

  77. \r\n

    Minimum requirements for laser-induced symmetry breaking in quantum and classical mechanics<\/span><\/a>\r\nI. Franco and P. Brumer, J. Phys. B\u00a041<\/span>, 074003 (2008)<\/span>\u00a0(pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t

  78. \r\n

    Robust ultrafast current in molecular wires through Stark shifts<\/span><\/a>\r\nI. Franco, M. Shapiro and P. Brumer, Phys. Rev. Lett.\u00a099<\/span>, 126802 (2007)<\/span> (pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)\r\nIn the news:<\/span>\u00a0AIP<\/a>,\u00a0Nature Nanotech. News and Views<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0Nature Nanotech. Research Highlights<\/a>,\u00a0MRS Bulletin<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t

  79. \r\n

    Laser-induced spatial symmetry breaking in quantum and classical mechanics<\/span><\/a>\r\nI. Franco and P. Brumer, Phys. Rev. Lett.\u00a097<\/span>, 040402 (2006)<\/span> (pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>) Featured in the cover<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t

  80. \r\n

    Electron-vibrational dynamics of photoexcited polyfluorenes<\/span><\/a>\r\nI. Franco and S. Tretiak, J. Am. Chem. Soc.\u00a0126<\/span>, 12130-40 (2004)<\/span>\u00a0(pdf<\/a>) (.bib<\/a>)<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t

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    Electron-vibrational relaxation of photoexcited polyfluorenes in the presence of chemical defects: a theoretical study<\/span><\/a>\r\nI. Franco and S. Tretiak, Chem. Phys. 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