MANIPULATION OF C-60 MOLECULES ON CU(111) SURFACES USING A SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE

Authors
CUBERES MT SCHLITTLER RR GIMZEWSKI JK
Citation
Mt. Cuberes et al., MANIPULATION OF C-60 MOLECULES ON CU(111) SURFACES USING A SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE, Applied physics A: Materials science & processing, 66, 1998, pp. 669-673
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Applied physics A: Materials science & processing → ACNP
ISSN journal
09478396
Volume
66
Year of publication
1998
Part
2
Supplement
S
Pages
669 - 673
Database
ISI
SICI code
0947-8396(1998)66:<669:MOCMOC>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
We demonstrate and discuss the use of a scanning tunneling microscope operated at room temperature to push individual C-60 molecules out fro m their stable adsorption sites at Cu(111) steps, trap them into nanom eter-sized Cu vacancy sites formed with the tip, or reposition them on e-by-one along a Cu step under complete control.