Manipulation and control of a single molecular rotor on Au (111) surface

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/19/1/018105

Abstract Three different methods are used to manipulate and control phthalocyanine based single molecular rotors on Au (111) surface: (1) changing the molecular structure to alter the rotation potential; (2) using the tunnelling current of the scanning tunnelling microscope (STM) to change the thermal equilibrium of the molecular rotor; (3) artificial manipulation of the molecular rotor to switch the rotation on or off by an STM tip. Furthermore, a molecular `gear wheel' is successfully achieved with two neighbouring molecules.

Keywords: single molecular rotor scanning tunnelling microscope single-molecule manipulation

Received: 06 February 2009
Revised: 30 June 2009
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PACS:	85.65.+h	(Molecular electronic devices)
	68.37.Ef	(Scanning tunneling microscopy (including chemistry induced with STM))
	68.43.Mn	(Adsorption kinetics ?)
	68.47.De	(Metallic surfaces)
	85.85.+j	(Micro- and nano-electromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS) and devices)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 60771037 and 10774176), and the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2007CB936802).

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Zhang Hai-Gang(张海刚), Mao Jin-Hai(毛金海), Liu Qi(刘奇), Jiang Nan(江楠), Zhou Hai-Tao(周海涛), Guo Hai-Ming(郭海明), Shi Dong-Xia(时东霞), and Gao Hong-Jun(高鸿钧) Manipulation and control of a single molecular rotor on Au (111) surface 2010 Chin. Phys. B 19 018105

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