Picometer-scale electronic control of molecular dynamics inside a single molecule

M Lastapis, M Martin, D Riedel, L Hellner, G Comtet… - Science, 2005 - science.org
Tunneling electrons from a low-temperature (5 kelvin) scanning tunneling microscope were
used to control, through resonant electronic excitation, the molecular dynamics of an …

Inducing and viewing the rotational motion of a single molecule

BC Stipe, MA Rezaei, W Ho - Science, 1998 - science.org
Tunneling electrons from the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope were used to induce
and monitor the reversible rotation of single molecules of molecular oxygen among three …

Atomic-scale coupling of photons to single-molecule junctions

SW Wu, N Ogawa, W Ho - Science, 2006 - science.org
Spatial resolution at the atomic scale has been achieved in the coupling of light to single
molecules adsorbed on a surface. Electron transfer to a single molecule induced by green to …

Two-electron dissociation of single molecules by atomic manipulation at room temperature

PA Sloan, RE Palmer - Nature, 2005 - nature.com
Using the tip of a scanning tunnelling microscope (STM) to mechanically manipulate
individual atoms and molecules on a surface is now a well established procedure,. Similarly …

Real-space imaging of molecular structure and chemical bonding by single-molecule inelastic tunneling probe

C Chiang, C Xu, Z Han, W Ho - Science, 2014 - science.org
The arrangement of atoms and bonds in a molecule influences its physical and chemical
properties. The scanning tunneling microscope can provide electronic and vibrational …

Inducing all steps of a chemical reaction with the scanning tunneling microscope tip: towards single molecule engineering

SW Hla, L Bartels, G Meyer, KH Rieder - Physical review letters, 2000 - APS
All elementary steps of a chemical reaction have been successfully induced on individual
molecules with a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) in a controlled step-by-step manner …

Controlled manipulation of atoms and small molecules with a low temperature scanning tunneling microscope

G Meyer, J Repp, S Zöphel, KF Braun, SW Hla… - Single …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
With the scanning tunneling microscope (STM) it became possible to perform controlled
manipulations down to the scale of small molecules and single atoms, leading to the …

Imaging molecular orbitals by scanning tunneling microscopy on a passivated semiconductor

A Bellec, F Ample, D Riedel, G Dujardin… - Nano Letters, 2009 - ACS Publications
Decoupling the electronic properties of a molecule from a substrate is of crucial importance
for the development of single-molecule electronics. This is achieved here by adsorbing …

Vibrationally resolved fluorescence excited with submolecular precision

XH Qiu, GV Nazin, W Ho - Science, 2003 - science.org
Tunneling electrons from a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) were used to excite
photon emission from individual porphyrin molecules adsorbed on an ultrathin alumina film …

Single molecule imaging and vibrational spectroscopy with a chemically modified tip of a scanning tunneling microscope

JR Hahn, W Ho - Physical Review Letters, 2001 - APS
The tip of a scanning tunneling microscope can be chemically modified by transferring a
single molecule from the surface. Such a molecule-terminated tip yields enhanced …