Reversible control of hydrogenation of a single molecule

S Katano, Y Kim, M Hori, M Trenary, M Kawai - Science, 2007 - science.org
Low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy was used to selectively break the NH bond
of a methylaminocarbyne (CNHCH3) molecule on a Pt (111) surface at 4.7 kelvin, leaving …

Studying the dynamic behaviour of porphyrins as prototype functional molecules by scanning tunnelling microscopy close to room temperature

H Marbach, HP Steinrück - Chemical communications, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) enables us to directly observe the dynamic
behaviour of organic molecules on surfaces. While imaging atoms and molecules using …

Conformation selective assembly of carboxyphenyl substituted porphyrins on Au (111)

T Yokoyama, T Kamikado, S Yokoyama… - The Journal of chemical …, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
Molecular-based nanodevice with advanced functions has been attracting much attention,
because the size of integrated circuit components will soon approach to the scale of …

Controlling intramolecular hydrogen transfer in a porphycene molecule with single atoms or molecules located nearby

T Kumagai, F Hanke, S Gawinkowski, J Sharp… - Nature Chemistry, 2014 - nature.com
Although the local environment of a molecule can play an important role in its chemistry,
rarely has it been examined experimentally at the level of individual molecules. Here we …

Direct imaging of molecular orbitals of metal phthalocyanines on metal surfaces with an O2-functionalized tip of a scanning tunneling microscope

Z Cheng, S Du, W Guo, L Gao, Z Deng, N Jiang, H Guo… - Nano Research, 2011 - Springer
High-resolution scanning tunneling microscope images of iron phthalocyanine and zinc
phthalocyanine molecules on Au (111) have been obtained using a functionalized tip of a …

Selective analysis of molecular states by functionalized scanning tunneling microscopy tips

ZT Deng, H Lin, W Ji, L Gao, X Lin, ZH Cheng, XB He… - Physical review …, 2006 - APS
Selective analysis of molecular states in scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) has so far
been achieved in a few cases by tuning the bias range of the STM in high-resolution …

Optical modulation of molecular conductance

S Battacharyya, A Kibel, G Kodis, PA Liddell… - Nano …, 2011 - ACS Publications
A novel scanning probe microscope stage permits break junction measurements of single
molecule conductance while the molecules are illuminated with visible light. We studied a …

Single-molecule investigations of conformation adaptation of porphyrins on surfaces

Q Zhang, X Zheng, G Kuang, W Wang… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The porphyrin macrocyclic core features dynamic conformational transformations in free
space because of its structural flexibility. Once attached to a substrate, the molecule …

Imaging the charge distribution within a single molecule

F Mohn, L Gross, N Moll, G Meyer - Nature nanotechnology, 2012 - nature.com
Scanning tunnelling microscopy and atomic force microscopy can be used to study the
electronic and structural properties of surfaces, as well as molecules and nanostructures …

Molecular trapping phenomenon of the 2-D assemblies of octa-alkoxyl-substituted phthalocyanine studied by scanning tunneling microscopy

Y Liu, S Lei, S Yin, S Xu, Q Zheng, Q Zeng… - The Journal of …, 2002 - ACS Publications
In this paper, we illustrate the trapping effect of 2-D assembly of octa-alkoxyl-substituted
phthalocyanine for individual molecules of phthalocyanine, prophyrins, and calix [8] arene. It …