Reversible Switching among Three Adsorbate Configurations in a Single [2.2]Paracyclophane-Based Molecule
| Autor: | Wilson Ho, Ning Liu, Shaul Mukamel, Christophe Silien, Guillermo C. Bazan, Jeremy B. Maddox, Bin Liu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Chemistry Mechanical Engineering Conductance Bioengineering General Chemistry Electron Condensed Matter Physics Molecular physics law.invention Crystallography law Electric field Lattice (order) Molecule General Materials Science Scanning tunneling microscope computer Quantum tunnelling computer.programming_language |
| Zdroj: | Nano Letters. 8:208-213 |
| ISSN: | 1530-6992 1530-6984 |
| Popis: | Single 4,7,12,15-tetrakis(4'-dimethylaminostyryl)[2.2]paracyclophane molecules adsorb on NiAl(110) in different configurations. When the symmetry axes of the molecules are properly oriented with respect to the surface lattice, three adsorbate states of different conductance can be reversibly induced and directly imaged with a scanning tunneling microscope. Couplings between tunneling electrons and adsorbate vibrational and electronic states are primarily responsible for the transformation. However, change from low to high conductance configuration can also be triggered by electric field in the junction. |
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