Our research aims to advance the chemistry and physics of electroactive nanostructures, and to study the phenomena occurring at their surfaces and interfaces. Novel nanomaterials such as nanotubes, nanowires and supramolecular nanostructures are studied using surface sensitive techniques (UPS, AES, XPS, HREELS, IRAS), transport experiments (IV curves and magnetoresistance with temperature) and proximal probes (STM and AFM). In addition, we use techniques borrowed from microelectronics to construct prototype nanodevices and explore possible applications of one-dimensional nanomaterials for electronics, optoelectronics, sensing technologies and energy conversion.