Swart, Ingmar and Sonnleitner, Tobias and Niedenfuhr, Judith and Repp, Jascha (2012) Controlled Lateral Manipulation of Molecules on Insulating Films by STM. NANO LETTERS, 12 (2). pp. 1070-1074. ISSN 1530-6984,
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)Abstract
On metallic and semiconductor surfaces functional nanostructures can be built with atomic scale precision using the tip of an atomic force microscope/scanning tunneling microscope. In contrast, controlled lateral manipulation on insulators has not been reported. The traditional pushing and pulling based manipulation methods cannot be used for molecules adsorbed on insulating films because of the unfavorable ratio between diffusion barrier and desorption energy. Here, we demonstrate that molecules adsorbed on insulating films can be laterally manipulated in a controlled way by injecting inelastically tunneling electrons at well-defined positions in a molecule. The technique was successfully applied to several different molecules.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE; ATOMIC-FORCE MICROSCOPY; LOW-TEMPERATURE STM; SINGLE-MOLECULE; SPECTROSCOPY; EXCITATION; ELECTRONS; CONTRAST; SURFACE; MOTION; STM; molecules; manipulation; insulating film; inelastic tunneling |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 530 Physics |
| Divisions: | Physics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics Physics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics > Chair Professor Giessibl > Group Jascha Repp |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 20 May 2020 05:01 |
| Last Modified: | 20 May 2020 05:01 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/19291 |
Actions (login required)
 |
View Item |
