Controlled low-temperature molecular manipulation of sexiphenyl molecules on Ag (111) using scanning tunneling microscopy

SW Hla, KF Braun, B Wassermann, KH Rieder - Physical review letters, 2004 - APS
A novel scanning tunneling microscope manipulation scheme for a controlled molecular
transport of weakly adsorbed molecules is demonstrated. Single sexiphenyl molecules …

Probing the conformation of physisorbed molecules at the atomic scale using STM manipulation

KF Braun, SW Hla - Nano letters, 2005 - ACS Publications
We use scanning tunneling microscope (STM) manipulation and density functional theory
calculation to investigate the structural properties of individual sexiphenyl molecules …

Manipulation of azobenzene molecules on Au (111) using scanning tunneling microscopy

MJ Comstock, J Cho, A Kirakosian, MF Crommie - Physical Review B …, 2005 - APS
We have manipulated single azobenzene molecules using several different techniques with
a variable-temperature scanning tunneling microscope (STM). Isolated azobenzene …

Scanning tunneling microscope-induced molecular motion and its effect on the image formation

M Böhringer, WD Schneider, R Berndt - Surface science, 1998 - Elsevier
The effect of tip-induced molecular motion on the appearance of scanning tunneling
microscope (STM) images of anthracene on Ag (110) was investigated for various tunneling …

Controlled manipulation of single atoms and small molecules with the scanning tunneling microscope

G Meyer, KH Rieder - Surface science, 1997 - Elsevier
We briefly survey our progress on manipulation of single atoms and small molecules and
formation of prototypic nanostructures with our simple versatile temperature variable …

Controlled lateral manipulation of molecules on insulating films by STM

I Swart, T Sonnleitner, J Niedenführ, J Repp - Nano letters, 2012 - ACS Publications
On metallic and semiconductor surfaces functional nanostructures can be built with atomic
scale precision using the tip of an atomic force microscope/scanning tunneling microscope …

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 …

Manipulating atoms and molecules with a scanning tunneling microscope

P Zeppenfeld, CP Lutz, DM Eigler - Ultramicroscopy, 1992 - Elsevier
We report recent developments in the manipulation of atoms and molecules adsorbed on
metal surfaces using a scanning tunneling microscope. We demonstrate that individual …

Controlled manipulation of ethen molecules and lead atoms on Cu (211) with a low temperature scanning tunneling microscope

G Meyer, S Zöphel, KH Rieder - Applied physics letters, 1996 - pubs.aip.org
We present results of manipulation experiments for single C2H4 molecules and single Pb
atoms and buildup of small nanostructures on a Cu211 substrate employing our temperature …

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 …