TY  - JOUR
AB  - We report on the controlled lateral manipulations of adsorbed single diiodobenzene molecules on the Cu(111) surface with a scanning tunnelling microscope (STM) tip at 20 K. The molecular motions in this experiment are mainly induced by the attractive interaction between the tip and the molecule. Even though the leading manipulation mode is 'pulling', a continuous 'sliding' mode can also be induced if we use higher tip-molecule interaction forces. During the manipulation process, the molecules can follow the tip with hops of single or double copper-atomic-site distances and in some cases 'hop-scotch' type movements can also be observed. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
DA  - 2000
DO  - 10.1016/S0039-6028(00)00072-8
KW  - aromatics
KW  - chemisorption
KW  - copper
KW  - scanning tunneling microscopy
LA  - eng
M2  - 1079
PY  - 2000
SN  - 0039-6028
SP  - 1079-1084
T2  - Surface Science
TI  - Controlled lateral manipulation of single diiodobenzene molecules on the Cu(111) surface with the tip of a scanning tunnelling microscope
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0070-pub-29138661
Y2  - 2024-11-21T22:21:26
ER  -