Construction of a molecular switch based on two metastable states of fullerene on Cu (111)

H Xu, Z Wang, Y Lu, S Wei, X Liu… - The Journal of Physical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
… be overcome by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) manipulation. … monolayer feasible to
build a molecular switch with its … of realizing the reversible and repeatable manipulation to a …

Single-molecule switching via controlled tautomerization at room temperature

W Hong, C Tang, T Stuyver, Y Ye, J Liu, J Shi, S Shaik… - 2020 - researchsquare.com
… tool for manipulating the single-molecule conductance of … 4-6,10,11 using scanning tunnelling
microscopy (STM) and atomic force … This realization suggests that the charge injection that …

Multilevel resistance switching and enhanced spin transition temperature in single-and double-molecule spin crossover nanogap devices

A Gee, AH Jaafar, B Brachnakova… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
… compounds at a single-molecule level using scanning tunneling microscopes (STMs) and
… In comparison to other studies which reported field-induced molecular switching, the electric …

Voltage-driven control of single-molecule keto-enol equilibrium in a two-terminal junction system

C Tang, T Stuyver, T Lu, J Liu, Y Ye, T Gao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
scanning tunneling microscope break junction technique (STM-BJ) 22,23 . We find that the
single-molecule … offers selective and precise manipulation of individual molecules, which has …

Molecular Networks and Surface Engineering for Single Molecule Studies: From Spatial Separation to Emergent Properties

RSK Houtsma, M Stöhr - Single Molecule Mechanics on a Surface: Gears …, 2022 - Springer
… of studies is the scanning tunneling microscope (STM) as it … stone towards the realization of
molecular machinery and cooperative … In addition, for some networks of molecular switches a …

Design of collective motions from synthetic molecular switches, rotors, and motors

D Dattler, G Fuks, J Heiser, E Moulin, A Perrot… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
… their implementation to produce collective motion of molecules … photoisomerizations of multiple
molecular units lead to … : the first one discusses the manipulation of their surface topology, …

Concepts of Molecular Motors in Solution and on Surfaces

M Schied - Mechanically Interlocked Materials: Polymers …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
… In a four-step process, one half of the molecule (the “rotor”) … on nondirectional chiroptical
molecular switches, which are … clusters with a scanning tunneling microscope tip. Phys. Rev. …

Towards atomic and close-to-atomic scale manufacturing

F Fang, N Zhang, D Guo, K Ehmann… - … Journal of Extreme …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
… In the past 30 years, since the invention of the scanning tunneling microscope, humans have
become capable of manipulating single atoms, laying the groundwork for the coming era of …

From molecular machines to stimuli‐responsive materials

E Moulin, L Faour, CC Carmona‐Vargas… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
implementation in materials. 2D platforms are particularly useful to immobilize and align
molecular switches … hexacationic monolayers using scanning tunneling spectroscopy showed …

Two-dimensional molecular charge density waves in single-layer-thick islands of a dirac fermion system

KZ Latt, JA Schlueter, P Darancet, SW Hla - ACS nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
… be reversibly switched for one molecular lattice site by means of inelastic tunneling electron
energy … exceeding 400 meV using a scanning tunneling microscope manipulation scheme. …