TY  - JOUR
AB  - Regular, almost quadratic pits were created in an island of C-60 molecules on a rutile TiO2 (110) surface using noncontact atomic force microscopy at room temperature. Upon gradually approaching the scanning tip toward the surface, the interaction between the tip and the C-60 island was increased until manipulation was achieved. Analyzing the manipulation process unambiguously revealed that the manipulation was performed in the repulsive regime. Retracting the tip allowed for reproducible imaging the C-60 island after the manipulation process. Moreover, whole islands could be reshaped or even removed when scanning with appropriate scanning parameters.
DA  - 2009
DO  - 10.1063/1.3184784
KW  - atomic force microscopy
KW  - domain boundaries
KW  - fullerenes
LA  - eng
IS  - 4
M2  - 043110
PY  - 2009
SN  - 0003-6951
SP  - 043110-
T2  - Applied Physics Letters
TI  - Manipulation of C-60 islands on the rutile TiO2 (110) surface using noncontact atomic force microscopy
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0070-pub-29138411
Y2  - 2024-11-21T23:01:53
ER  -