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Chin. Phys. B, 2010, Vol. 19(1): 018105    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/19/1/018105
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Manipulation and control of a single molecular rotor on Au (111) surface

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)
Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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      Accepted manuscript online: 
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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