Exploring the interatomic forces between tip and single molecules during STM manipulation

被引：53

作者：

Grill, Leonhard

Rieder, Karl-Heinz

Moresco, Francesca

Stojkovic, Sladjana

Gourdon, Andre

Joachim, Christian

机构：

[1] Free Univ Berlin, Inst Expt Phys, D-14195 Berlin, Germany

[2] CNRS, CEMES, Nanosci Grp, F-31055 Toulouse, France

来源：

NANO LETTERS | 2006年 / 6卷 / 12期

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D O I：

10.1021/nl0615017

中图分类号：

O6 [化学];

学科分类号：

0703 ;

摘要：

The interaction between a single molecule and the STM tip during intramolecular manipulation is investigated in detail. We show that the conformational change of complex organic molecules can be induced reversibly and very reliably by using exclusively attractive forces. By studying the dependence of this process on the bias voltage and the tip position, the driving forces are characterized. Different regimes of tip-molecule interactions are observed as a function of the distance.

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页码：2685 / 2689

页数：5

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