Controlled manipulation of single atoms and small molecules using the scanning tunnelling microscope

K Morgenstern, N Lorente, KH Rieder - physica status solidi (b), 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This article reviews manipulation of single molecules by scanning tunnelling microscopes, in
particular vertical manipulation, lateral manipulation, and inelastic electron tunnelling (IET) …

Mechanisms of in situ scanning tunnelling microscopy of organized redox molecular assemblies

AM Kuznetsov, J Ulstrup - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2000 - ACS Publications
A theoretical frame for in situ electrochemical scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) of large
adsorbed redox molecules is provided. The in situ STM process is viewed as two …

Supramolecular architectures and nanostructures at metal surfaces

JV Barth, J Weckesser, N Lin, A Dmitriev, K Kern - Applied Physics A, 2003 - Springer
The controlled formation of non-covalent bonds (H-bonding, metal–ligand interactions) is the
key ingredient for the fabrication of supramolecular architectures and nanostructures. Upon …

A STM perspective on covalent intermolecular coupling reactions on surfaces

M Lackinger, WM Heckl - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract'Covalent self-assembly', ie the on-surface synthesis of covalent organic aggregates
and networks, has received considerable attention. This review covers recent scanning …

Polyoxoanion chemistry moves toward the future: From solids and solutions to surfaces

WG Klemperer, CG Wall - Chemical reviews, 1998 - osti.gov
In the context of modern surface science, current understanding of polyoxoanion surface
chemistry is truly modest from a structural/mechanistic point of view. Only three techniques …

Molecular clusters in two-dimensional surface-confined nanoporous molecular networks: Structure, rigidity, and dynamics

S Lei, K Tahara, X Feng, S Furukawa… - Journal of the …, 2008 - ACS Publications
The self-assembly of a series of hexadehydrotribenzo [12] annulene (DBA) derivatives has
been investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) at the liquid/solid interface in the …

Site‐selective fabrication of two‐dimensional fullerene arrays by using a supramolecular template at the liquid‐solid interface

M Li, K Deng, SB Lei, YL Yang, TS Wang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Fullerenes have attracted a great deal of attention since their discovery [1] because of their
unique physical and chemical properties and potential applications.[2] Many applications …

STM-theory: Image potential, chemistry and surface relaxation

JM Blanco, F Flores, R Pérez - Progress in surface science, 2006 - Elsevier
A critical review of the different methods used nowadays for calculating tunneling currents
and STM-images is presented with a special emphasis on the role played by the interface …

Effects of temperature and other experimental variables on single molecule vibrational spectroscopy with the scanning tunneling microscope

LJ Lauhon, W Ho - Review of Scientific Instruments, 2001 - pubs.aip.org
The scanning tunneling microscope STM was originally conceived as a tool for performing
tunneling spectroscopy on a nanoscopic scale. 1 Within a few years of its invention, the STM …

Seeing molecular orbitals

JI Pascual, J Gómez-Herrero, C Rogero, AM Baró… - Chemical Physics …, 2000 - Elsevier
We present results on a well known system, C60 on Si (111)(7× 7), which show that the
scanning tunneling microscope (STM) is probing a single molecular orbital (MO). This MO …