Abstract
Effects, beyond the Coulomb-blockade model, of a single-molecule transistor are reviewed. The image-charge effect, elastic cotunneling effect (conduction via the Kondo effect), and the inelastic cotunneling effect [non-resonance (vibrational) inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy] are discussed. Theories on the interaction between the Kondo effect and the molecular vibration are briefly reviewed. Inelastic Kondo effect, switching phenomena and spin-blockade effect are described. Representative experimental results are given.
