Realization of a four-step molecular switch in scanning tunneling microscope manipulation of single chlorophyll-a molecules

V Iancu, SW Hla - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2006 - National Acad Sciences
Single chlorophyll-a molecules, a vital resource for the sustenance of life on Earth, have
been investigated by using scanning tunneling microscope manipulation and spectroscopy …

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 …

Conformational changes of single molecules induced by scanning tunneling microscopy manipulation: A route to molecular switching

F Moresco, G Meyer, KH Rieder, H Tang, A Gourdon… - Physical Review Letters, 2001 - APS
A detailed experimental and theoretical investigation of the processes involved in the
manipulation of individual specially designed porphyrin-based molecules by scanning …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Measuring reversible photomechanical switching rates for a molecule at a surface

MJ Comstock, N Levy, J Cho, L Berbil-Bautista… - Applied Physics …, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
We have used single-molecule-resolved scanning tunneling microscopy to measure the
photomechanical switching rates of azobenzene-derived molecules at a gold surface during …

Optical scanning tunneling microscopy based chemical imaging and spectroscopy

JF Schultz, S Li, S Jiang, N Jiang - Journal of Physics …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Through coupling optical processes with the scanning tunneling microscope (STM), single-
molecule chemistry and physics have been investigated at the ultimate spatial and temporal …

Charge state control of molecules reveals modification of the tunneling barrier with intramolecular contrast

I Swart, T Sonnleitner, J Repp - Nano Letters, 2011 - ACS Publications
From scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy experiments it is shown that control
over the charge-state of individual molecules adsorbed on surfaces can be obtained by …

Mechanisms of reversible conformational transitions in a single molecule

XH Qiu, GV Nazin, W Ho - Physical Review Letters, 2004 - APS
The reversible interconversion between two nonplanar conformations of single Zn (II)
Etioporphyrin I molecules adsorbed on a NiAl (110) surface at 13 K was induced by a …