Pavlicek, Niko and Fleury, Benoit and Neu, Mathias and Niedenfuehr, Judith and Herranz-Lancho, Coral and Ruben, Mario and Repp, Jascha (2012) Atomic Force Microscopy Reveals Bistable Configurations of Dibenzo[a,h]thianthrene and their Interconversion Pathway. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 108 (8): 086101. ISSN 0031-9007, 1079-7114
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We investigated dibenzo[a,h] thianthrene molecules adsorbed on ultrathin layers of NaCl using a combined low-temperature scanning tunneling and atomic force microscope. Two stable configurations exist corresponding to different isomers of free nonplanar molecules. By means of excitations from inelastic electron tunneling we can switch between both configurations. Atomic force microscopy with submolecular resolution allows unambiguous determination of the molecular geometry, and the pathway of the interconversion of the isomers. Our investigations also shed new light on contrast mechanisms in scanning tunneling microscopy.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | CHARGE-STATE; MOLECULES; THIANTHREN; RESOLUTION; CRYSTAL; |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 530 Physics |
| Divisions: | Physics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics > Chair Professor Giessibl > Group Jascha Repp |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 19 May 2020 07:04 |
| Last Modified: | 19 May 2020 07:04 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/19220 |
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