Room temperature manipulation of C-60 molecules on a Si surface

被引:17
作者
Beton, PH
Dunn, AW
Moriarty, P
机构
[1] Department of Physics, University of Nottingham
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词
adatoms; atom-solid interactions; carbon; models of surface kinetics; physical adsorbtion; scanning tunneling microscopy; surface diffusion; surface electrical transport; surface electronic phenomena; surface energy;
D O I
10.1016/0039-6028(96)00555-9
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The rip of a scanning tunnelling microscope is used to position individual C-60 molecules on an Si(111)-(7 x 7) surface. The molecules may be manipulated into simple patterns and we describe in addition how a molecule may be moved over a bilayer step between two terraces. We also discuss C-60 manipulation on an Si(111) surface with a submonolayer coverage of Ag.
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页码:878 / 881
页数:4
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